After everyone came out of the simulation, the group headed to one of the luxurious public gardens in Vorara City.
It was massive. Exotic plants everywhere, water features that glowed faintly blue, wide open spaces with stone paths winding through it all. The kind of place that cost money just to breathe in.
Ainen stood at the entrance and looked around slowly.
"We've spent way too much today," he said.
"100,000 per person for the simulation alone," Clovelle said flatly.
"Yeah." Ainen cracked his knuckles. "I'm cooking."
"Here?" Saffa raised an eyebrow.
"Right here." He was already pulling ingredients out of his storage. Things he'd been picking up around the city for the past day — exotic stuff, the kind that smelled interesting just sitting in your hand. "Help me set up."
Nobody argued. They'd eaten Ainen's food before. They knew what was coming.
