[The bow is returned with utmost politeness. The introduction, however, remains hanging.]

Sato-san has come to a good spot then. There are plenty to gather.

[He gives a slight incline of his head to the patch of mushrooms - and it is, indeed, a patch. A far cry from the paltry one or two to be found within the knotholes of trees back in Trench.]

Their healing properties are of utmost interest to me. You see...

[One day. One day he will learn to smile in a way that doesn't make him look like a scheming cartoon villain. Unfortunately, today is not that day.]

...I am a medicine seller.