Women with money; women going shopping. This would be considered wrong living by her father. But she wondered what it was that her father and the Systems Operator did on their frequent visits to TheCity. It was necessary to trade Septemberclaver-grown vegetables for things that the claver needed. But her father and the S.O. were often gone for several days.

Either this train of thought or the aroma of food barbequing on many grills led to the realization that she was heading into wild country, and there wasn't much to eat in her pack. According to her memory of the virtual map, she had almost reached the NorthEast gate. But no food stores had of yet appeared on her route.