"I'm not actually joking! But not today, I'm afraid, not me. Was just looking around trying to get an idea of what sells what, around here."
"I heard about this one merchant in Zuzu City who had somebody coming into his store trying to buy 12 stacks of 999 apple tree saplings. It wasn't even the one who wanted to plant the orchard, he wanted to stay anonymous, so he sent this other girl in to do it for him. But the merchant didn't believe the girl was serious, she went to a competitor, they lost the sale... and then a bit later there was this mysterious enormous apple orchard appearing on a spot of public land, which is how the whole thing made the newspapers."