Garet - Lukyanenko
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You enter the city of Merchants, stunned by how brightly illuminated it is. Your own town lacked any light, so everyone was using light amplifiers to see at least something. When you land on the street, a tall Merchant calls for you.
Oh, a Winged! Come here, I have a great job for you. And I’m going to pay quite a lot for it, you know, you need to pay for everything here, unlike your small town.
She smiles at you in suggestive way, hinting that you won’t earn much money working for anyone else.