[for Anya]

[every_blossom_blooming]

Nina stared at the dress in the window with a little bit of longing. Something about being able to afford it made window shopping less fun, but she did it anyway, doing her best that she didn't have such a huge haul just sitting in her bank account. Even after helping Geralt with building his house in the woods, she still had more than enough.

If she were in Ketterdam, that money would have gotten her back to Ravka. She would have given it to the Second Army, or the king, or something. She didn't need it for herself. She didn't even really want it. She hadn't done the job for the money, she'd done it to help Matthias.

But Matthias was not in danger here, and there was no way to go home. Not even with five million kruge.

So she would window shop, and she would do her best to live a life in Darrow that didn't leave her bored to tears.

"I wonder if it comes in red," she said out loud. "Even if I have almost nowhere to wear it."

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[every_blossom_blooming]

"Is it terrible to say I might get it if I like it enough? I really need to do something more worth while with this money," she sighed as she looked at the dress. Nina peered over at Anya.

"Will you try one on, too? Even if we decide not to."

Anya had a rather different body type than Nina did, and she was curious to see what it would look like on someone else.

[homelovefamily]

Years of lacking in nice things and the ability to have them makes Anya hesitate a moment before she answers. "No, I don't think that is terrible."

There are certainly more worthwhile things to spend such money on, but she understands the appeal of having something nice. Her fingers reach out to casually touch the fabric of one of the dresses on the rack. She nods before smiling.

"Yes. I will try one on. The same one in a different color or something else entirely?"