Path of the Shaman

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Surprisingly, the company turned out to be very nice. We immediately ordered a lot of different dishes, walking, in my opinion, through the entire menu. Shilopopaya and Calathea, who were sitting next to me, took out pieces from my plate in a businesslike way, not forgetting to share what they had; about a dozen dishes simply stood in the center of the table, allowing everyone to pinch off a piece. When some topic common to the whole table subsided, people easily switched to communication with neighbors, some of these private conversations were picked up by neighbors further away, and then completely developed into a general discussion, punctuated by the laughter of the participants. Once again, when Evolett, sitting next to Calathea, began to solve some problems of a global scale with her, and I had fun at the sight of the inflated Zombie, who was carefully looked after by Crius and Plinto on both sides, Shilopopaya decided to start a conversation, long ago, it seems, sitting with an