"Go on lunch. I will count the half hour toward your work time. Get some food that isn't from your storage, and the others can watch the counter." Socrate insisted.
"Alright, see you in half an hour. Thanks for the help, Elder."
Karl's first action was to make three more rings, and put one in his space to upgrade. Then, he headed for the Warehouse, one of the few places he could go while on punishment duty.
He would likely end up eating from a street vendor, as he wasn't sure if the restaurants would let him in when the Library and Skill Book storage were off limits.
The restrictions on those being punished were mostly informal, he had discovered. It was up to the shops who got served and who did not.
The same girl was working when Karl got to the warehouse, looking exhausted as her shift was about to end.
"Miss Min, good morning. Glad to catch you before you left for bed. Or bubble tea, whatever it is you do after work."
