This is not what he had in mind when he decided they should visit the market. But how could he have predicted something like this would happen? He sees it as a learning opportunity, if anything, even if it is a very small one. Even if this turns out insignificant in the long run, he can already say he knows a little bit more about Phalanx than he did when he woke up.

So he takes one of those fancy, well-made wraps from his arm and holds it out to Phalanx. It's already neatly hemmed, but it wouldn't be a far stretch of the imagination to see it as a long strip of fabric waiting to be turned into something else.