Dragon's Egg (Part 2)
Lith spent his morning visiting the small bookshops located in the city's middle rim. Othre was divided into three areas. The outer rim, where Lith resided, was the biggest and the poorest one.
It was where the commoners lived and the warehouses were located. Unless one possessed many dimensional items, moving huge loads of merchandise required wagons and draft animals.
Moving the merchandise generated intense traffic that made it almost impossible to walk during the busiest hours of the day despite the large roads and sidewalks. The animals naturally produced a pungent smell that would make even a stable boy puke his guts out.
The houses were one or two stories high, made of stone or wood based on the owner's income. There was not a single empty space between them. Warehouses were easily recognizable by their huge size and double doors to allow carriages to easily get in and out at all times.