"I do not know, and I am fairly certain both have to do with the people of the planet itself. I hope the brands are not permanent." Because really, Alastirra shuddered to think about what Zouichi might do to himself if they were.

He didn't seem the type to just go through life with a property mark on his head.

"Oh yes. They are. There is this lovely green gentleman here now who makes ice cream. He calls himself the Chancellor. We haven't found any vanilla pods yet, but I give him my strawberries, and his ice cream is very good! And I can always use help in my garden. I should probably consider expanding it again, but I am thinking of expanding it up instead of out, and building planters for some things. I do not want to take up too much room in Hydroponics." Clearly the shaman had been thinking about this sort of thing for a while.

"I will just need to go scour the City and try to find supplies, I suppose."