Charles Laughton might have recommended "don't ask, don't tell." The people in the bakeshop, on the other hand—maybe Mus should ask them. I was debating whether or not he would seek advice from those friends, but the scene got lost in a hiatus. I could introduce a Joe the Baker character.... (sorry, local joke; also, poor Joe the Baker, introduced into the story right before a volcano wipes out his livelihood)