Chương 420: What's the plan for when we get there?

"I really wish I had something to smoke," I muttered, allowing the innermost desire of my soul to escape through my lips. 

It was something that was constantly in the very back of my mind. Something I searched for whenever I had some downtime. Yet, even with all the time I spent in this world, I have yet to find something that I could use as a substitute for tobacco!

"Something to smoke?" Mia asked, snuggling up to my side as she asked. "Do you plan to burn the outerpost down to rebuild it from scratch?" she attempted to put a serious meaning behind my words. 

"It's nothing like that," I replied with a smile, amused by the silliness of Mia's question. Yet, for how fun it was to me, I had no wish to berate her over her lack of earthy knowledge! "What I meant, is that I miss a certain type of… plant."

"And why did you bring it up out of nowhere?" Mia pushed deeper with her inquiries. 

"No particular reason," I admitted. "Boredom, maybe?"