Prawn Yoghurt

"Now that's a clever trick," Fred admits. "I am not sure if I should commend you or punish you." While mulling over this, he remembers his own thirst, realizes he has enough for plenty of soda and inserts his ninety-ninth dollar in the machine. There is a rumble, a clank, and out pops a bottle of soda.

"Noooo!" the old man cries.

"Get over it," Fred sighs as he pops the bottle open and takes a swig. "There's plenty left, and anyway you already had one."

"Yes, but there are only so many bottles in the machine. That's why I don't want others to buy, so they will last me until the machine gets refilled."

"And how long is that?"

"I don't want to think about it. Besides this place seems to be enchanted. No matter how broke I am there will always be a wanderer coming by just in time for me to scrounge a dollar from them."

Pondering the old man's predicament, Frede realizes that he (being Chaotic Lawful, or whatever it was the Royal Sage called him) just couldn't leave the old codger to his fate. "Can't you go somewhere else with more people and more soda?" he asks.

"Not in time for when I need another bottle. Besides I don't know if I could get the money there."

"Well then, what if I give you a handful of change and you stock up on bottles and carry them with you? You could get pretty far and even come back here if you don't find a better place in time."

The old man sighs. "I guess I could if I had the energy to walk that far. But I haven't had a proper meal for weeks, and what little nourishment I get from the soda is just enough to keep me going as long as I don't exert myself. You wouldn't have any food to spare?"

Fred pauses to rummage through his pack. "Well, I have this bag of prawns. And a cup of yoghurt. Guess I can spare one of them."

"What flavor?"

"Err, prawn."

"Prawn yoghurt??"

"No, prawn prawns. The yoghurt is plain, no fruit or anything. May be a bit of sugar in it."

"Ah, sugar!" (See last episode)

"Yes, no carbon dioxide though."

The old man thinks for a moment and says

1. "Okay, gimme the prawns."
2. "I'll take my chance with the yoghurt."
3. "Have you considered making... Prawn Yoghurt?"
4. "Never mind, just buy me a stack of sodas."
5. nothing, he just keels over. Looks like that last soda didn't take.

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