Elias unwrapped it. It was a broadaxe, the steel pitted but the edge still showing the ghost of a razor-sharp gleam. He ran a thumb over the handle, feeling the smooth depressions where decades of sweat and calloused palms had worn down the wood.
This was the rhythm of the shop. In Belize, you didn't just buy an object; you bought the time someone spent with it. Elias reached under the counter and pulled out a stack of Belizean dollars, but he also reached into a glass case and pulled out a sturdy, modern compass. belize buy and sell
"Fuel for the boat," the boy replied, looking at his feet. "The fish aren't where they used to be. I have to go further out." Elias unwrapped it