126 Pharmacist

"Just what is a Professional, truly?" She asked, "How does it differ to people who have knowledge of the field, still experts at it?" 

The NPCs looked at each other, pondering who would be able to answer best. In the end, it was Oslo who spoke out. 

"Occupations can be triggered when a person is detected to have sufficient knowledge and talent regarding a field."

"Not all 'experts' could trigger it as talent is unfortunately a requirement. Unless, the person worked so incredibly hard for years that this barrier was broken." 

Rowan nodded. "This is quite rare, less than a third of the people I know have occupations. I don't think even one-of-ten of these people broke the 'talent barrier' on their own."

Crutch looked at him. "That's already quite high. You must be from a town." He said, and turned to Althea. "In my small village, not even a hundred were professionals. We have a few thousand people there." 

Her eyebrows rose a bit at this.