Luna wanted them to experience what normal delvers dealt with, and this was one of the greatest limiting factors.
Beyond the restrictions on their combat styles, she prevented them from buying anything with their previously earned funds. For the first time in years, Matt was actually poor again.
It sucked just as much as he remembered. Maybe even more.
He hesitated to say that it was worse and believed that it was just his time spent away from struggling that made it seem harder. After getting accustomed to the finer things, poverty tasted all the sourer.
Still, Luna allowed them limited funds. They could rent decent accommodations, and food wasn’t an issue. Matt cut costs by sourcing meat and some other ingredients from the rift. Both the food and lodgings were hardly much worse than
