Scalding Sands - Camel Bazaar
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Man, the Camel Bazaar is huge! |
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It looks like all the stalls are sorted by category; fruits, flowers, and household goods are all in separate groups. |
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What do they sell over here? |
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Nuts and dried fruit.
Those are all staple snack foods here. Everyone likes them. |
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There's so much! Whole heaps of fruit and nuts and other goodness! |
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They've got chickpeas, pistachios, sunflower seeds... Lots of nutritious stuff.
Which do you like, Najma? |
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Oh, definitely the dates. |
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The fruit from date palms, right? |
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Yeah! People generally eat them dried.
There are also date jams and jellies... oh, and syrup!That store there has a ton of them. See the dark brown dried fruits? Those are dates. |
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Let's check 'em out... |
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Look, um, if we could move on sooner rather than later— |
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Why, Jamil Viper! It's been years! |
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Grk!
Uh, yes, hello... |
Vendor |
Doing a little shopping? Just make sure you don't cause another scene! |
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Erk... You still remember that? I was just a kid back then... |
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What's he talking about, Jamil? |
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Nothing. Nothing at all. |
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Augh, don't! Fine, I'll explain it myself! Just don't say anything.
Okay, it's like this...
I may have caused a bit of trouble here years back. |
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Whoa, really? That's kinda hard to believe. You're one of the most responsible guys I know. |
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For real. So what happened? |
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I used to love dates when I was younger.
Najma and I would stop by here all the time to pick some up.
But one day, we got a little surprise with our purchase...
A BUG. |
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It was sitting right in my hand with this nonchalant expression, like, "Yeah, I'm just hanging here with my date buddies."
It freaked me out so badly, my first reaction was to use magic. |
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What kind of magic? |
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...Fire magic. |
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I know he was trying to get the bug, but he ended up burning the whole awning for my store. |
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Yikes... I never knew you were so violent, Jamil. |
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I was a kid, okay?! I didn't have the best control of my magic! |
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My awning was scorched black! And you wouldn't believe how hard it was to calm down Jamil.
He was bawling up a storm! |
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Daaang. |
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This guy right here, huh? |
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AGAIN, I WAS A LITERAL CHILD. |
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You still are by my reckoning. |
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Augh... Would you all just drop it?! |
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Okay, that's enough chitchat about Jamil! I'm gonna get some dates. |
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Here you are, guys! Help yourselves. |
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- munch munch* Oh yeah! That's the sweetness right there!
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I didn't expect something with no added sugar to be so sweet.
I could whip up some fun new treats with these. Their flavor and texture would be a great accent. |
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Gimme a holler when you do. I'll be your taste tester! |
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Please, Grimmy. We all know you'd nitpick something every time just to keep the snacks coming. |
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Yeah, no thanks. I'll make a note NOT to rely on Grim for impartial evaluations. |
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The low calorie count's another big draw with these. This could trend for sure!
Something like... #GuiltFree #NaturallySweet #ATreatThatTreatsUsRight! |
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I'm interested in that date syrup as well. It sounds like it would be delectable on ice cream.
Perhaps you might make me some later, Clover. |
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You're not having any, Jamil? These don't have bugs in 'em, you know. |
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I haven't been able to eat them since that day. Even the sight and smell are too much for me.
They always remind me of what happened... |
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Whoa, that bad, huh? |
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