"Sam! Sam!" Sela was running top speed down the main road in the shantytown. He was a block away when he saw River, running directly at him from the opposite direction and a block away. The wooden huts all looked similar in the fashion of three rooms. The only difference was in the ways that the doors looked. Chips, of course, had his baskets out front, next to his yoke. The doorway was covered in blue and orange, his family colors. "Sela?" River said skidding to a stop right in front of him. "River?" Sela said. The door opened and Sam opened the door. "What are you two up to?" Sam said. Sam had on an apron covered in flour. "Chip has been baking up a storm today in preparation for what is to come. I don't think you should disturb his flow." "I've got important information, though." River said, folding her arms. "I need to tell him something because I have important information," Sela said, attempting to fold his arms and tower over the druid. "You know what, I still think you would make a good ranger. Have you considered a life in my service, Sela?" River walked around Sela, inspecting him as if he were livestock, and she a bee wrangler. "Hey! You two! What is going on? River first please." Sam said. Sela gave her a look as River flashed a grin. "I know who the judge is going to be at the contest on board the ship." River said, curtseying to Sam. Sam turned to Sela, gesturing for him to speak. "And I know what one of the competitors is going to make! I even had him tell me the recipe!" Sela said proudly. River and Sam both did a double-take. "Okay, I have a good idea that the judge will be a druid, River but I thought it would be you. Are you telling me it's someone else?" Sam said. "Not only is it someone else, but it's the druid that I am apprenticed to! She's going to go in otter form, as is the custom." Sam lifted her whiskers, pulling them to the side. "I take it that this means..." Sam said. "I know what she likes to eat." River said. "Let's get Chip prepped," Sela said. The group nodded, entering the house.