I've been talking with the other stores in the area, and I'm convinced now that Leo and Charlie are doing many things wrong.

Except for the Tesoro station next door, none of the places have food to eat for whoever comes in. And the Tesoro says that the food only goes out of there, not in. The people in my shop are constantly bringing in food. Sometimes a "regular" (that's the people that make Charlie and Leo smile when they come in the door and Jack the dog actually gets up to greet them instead of shying away) will bring in a pizza, or some harvest from their home farm. I've seen jars of yogurt made from goats, papayas, hands and arms of bananas, bags of tangerines, soap made from goats' milk (they don't eat that), candy and chocolates and cookies, dragonfruit and some fruits so strange I forget the names. I've seen chinese pretzels, sushi, Kona coffees, deli sandwiches, and all sorts of other foods come in with the regulars.

And if it's lunchtime here, somehow whatever Charlie and Leo are having ends up circulating among whoever is here. A sandwich gets cut into five large pieces, everyone has some chips. If they go get sandwiches, everyone orders. If they order pizza to be delivered, even if Leo and Charlie are the only two here, they order enough for twelve people. And about that many people have pizza. And they still take some home.

I'm starting to wonder if food is like gekkos. Food just springs up out of nowhere and when some gets here, you notice there is more and more around. Before I was called "Tioli's" or "The Shop", the people who filled me would bring each their own small portion of food in separate wrappings. If their foods touched, no one could eat it. I thought maybe that was poisonous to humans, sharing food. But Leo talks about breaking bread together, and from what I have seen so far, when bread is broken together, it makes more bread. That seems like the smarter way to do food, if you have to have it.

But even the Tesoro tells me that people don't eat inside of there. And they definitely don't share their food. That would just be weird. I didn't tell the station that my people share their food. I had thought it was a little strange, but I kind of like it too.