The curtsy made him chuckle, and before the girl could look too offended, he said, "No one back home bowed to the likes of me."

Gannicus left the back of the display case open but peeled off the gloves he'd been using and tossed them.

"Then it is good you found us. Many have told me the same." Some of them simply didn't trust meat that had a mysterious origin - the butchers in the grocery store didn't exactly allow customers to see into the meat locker or butcher counter in the back.