It was nearly an hour later when Gaia made it to Darling Harbour. Without her sunglasses, she had managed to minimize the amount of attention drawn to herself by keeping her head low and sticking to isolated streets and alleyways. Now, she was acutely aware of the amount of general public chatter at the Harbourside Markets and had to make an extra effort to keep her head low, making it harder for members of the public to see the colour of her eyes. She was also acutely aware that, being in a commercial area, she might be able to find herself another pair of sunglasses. She just wasn’t sure about how she was going to purchase them without drawing attention to herself.
It was an unusually busy morning at the Markets which Gaia surmised was probably a good thing. It was of the general consen
