That would be the content of the next play? Is that the story Situ Yi really wanted to act in? Not the hackneyed mythology of the Heavenly Wheel, but the history of this island...
But Gongsun Ce didn't ask further. He watched Kerky walk away, silent. He no longer wanted to understand these stories that had nothing to do with him. He no longer wanted to think about these absurd things. He was now very hungry and he needed to leave the troupe quickly to fill his stomach.
"Sir."
At that moment, a voice called out from beside him. Philis hadn't left, standing by his side. The boy put down the wooden box and, imitating the gentlemen and lords he had seen, awkwardly bowed.
"Thank you, sir."
Gongsun Ce smiled, "Was the leather bag really a gift from him?"
"It's true," Philis said, "but there was no money in the bag, the fifty pounds I stole from a guest."
