Threads/StoreKeeper

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The man behind the counter smiled warily.

"I am required by the new /Regulations to ask what Sir is intending to use this item for."

"Well, gee. Clearly, I am going to hang it on my wall along with the rest of my collection of edged instruments."

"Very good, sir. That statement shall be placed on record."

Business had been poor lately. The /Dean? could no longer afford to hush up the injuries, and the /University? was making it harder and harder to use equipment.

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/Cara? worried.

She had barely been working here for a week when the new /Regulations were emplaced, and she was unsure that the shop would be able to carry on paying her at this rate.