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In a bar in Kirkwall, a flat dark bannock turns out to be the reason the islands were farmable at all.
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May limang mesa at isang apoy ang bar sa Kirkwall. Naupo si Polly malapit sa init. "Maaari ko bang makita ang menu?" tanong niya. Kakaunti lang ang laman ng karton.
"May maimumungkahi ka bang masarap na putahe?" Isang tagak ang may-ari. Sabi niya ang bannock. Ang bere ay isang sebadang itinatanim dito sa loob ng daan-daang taon. Mabilis itong tumubo, sa maikling tag-araw.
"May mga pagpipilian ba kayo para sa mga vegetarian?" tanong ni Polly. Itinuro ng tagak ang parehong linya. Bannock, mantikilya at malambot na keso.
"Maaari po bang makuha ang bill?" sabi ni Polly. Hindi nagmadali ang tagak, na magandang senyales. Sa labas, halos kalmado na ang hangin. Naglakad si Polly paakyat sa pulang katedral.
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