“If it’s a business, that means I should pay for it, right?” he said, having at least that much knowledge about the Mortal Realm. Winter dealt more with bartering and trading goods, but the other Seasons all had their own forms of currency, so Jack was familiar with the concept.
“Don’t worry about that, it’s just a couple of apples,” the human tried to dismiss, waving a hand, but Jack persisted.
He lightly gripped the edge of their strange beast and pulled himself up, so he was a bit closer. Jack grabbed their hand, and laid down the golden coin, making sure the human wouldn’t drop it before he hopped back down, dusting off his pants.
“Hopefully that’s enough,” he said, though the human didn’t react, staring at the coin in speechless awe. Weird. It was just a Summer token—those things w
