"Okay, we can't keep doing this."

Saghani was with her friends in a small marketplace, looking over the prices for milk. It was at a stall for infant care and there were clothes and toys as well as sheep-goat milk for sale. However, the prices on said milk were...a bit steep, at least for Saghani's limited budget.
Shichang raised a brow upon seeing the price for a single day's worth of milk, and shook her head as she shifted Duokui in her arms. The infant moved a bit in his sleep but then settled back down as the three teens discussed money. From his spot on Pamiruuq's back, Qinglian was figuring out their daily budget now that a baby was in the group.
"Let's see...food for us...the occasional treat for the animals....clothes..."
After a few more moments of fiddling with his abacus, the young man shook his head.
"Saghani, if we want to keep Duokui in the group one of you girls is going to have to become a wet nurse."
"Why one of us," Shichang said as she examined a small wooden drum, "If I remember right guys can wet-nurse too."
"Yeah, but girls are built better for it."
Saghani rolled her eyes as her two friends began to (gently) argue. She had just purchased a few more sets of clothes and a small stuffed koala-sheep for Duokui when said baby was handed to her.
"What?"
"You're gonna be his wet-nurse," Shichang grinned, "Qinglian and I both agreed on it."
Glancing at the boy riding her polar-bear dog, Saghani sighed as he just shrugged. She then turned to the stall-owner who looked somewhat amused.
"I guess I'll take that special top for breast-feeders too..."

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