[Bonus Chapter] A Bad Day...

It's always surprising how fast that a larger man can move when they are sufficiently motivated. 

Big Country quickly broke away from the encirclement of interested women without so much as a polite goodbye. 

He cut through the crowd like a deceptively lithe figure and made his way over to where Tiche was in the midst of a rather upsetting conversation.

"So, did you shave your head on purpose, or..?"

"Actually, I kind of dig it. Don't see many women with a hairstyle like that in my sect."

"It's really exotic... and it suits your beautiful face well." 

Tiche remained stone-faced as the group of men persisted in their harassment of her.

If she weren't worried about inconveniencing Taira and Aveena, she probably would have already had a very poor reaction by now. 

But weren't they here for a sort of cultural exchange?