[Aeslyn smiles, and shakes her head.] Don't worry. I'm pretty good at living off the land, but we won't need to.
[She puts a single, exquisitely-cut star ruby on the counter - one the size of a robin's egg.] I think that should be enough to get us almost anything we need, up to and including a small wagon and all the supplies we can carry.
[It's really a massive undersell - that single gem is probably worth enough to buy a house, much less a cart and travel rations. The clerk stares at it in mute shock for a moment before snatching it off the counter and nodding vigorously. If these kids were willing to throw away such a prize as this, who was he to argue?]
I'll pick our provisions. Stay close to me, and watch for shadows - I know this type of place, and they figure where something like that ruby comes from, there has to be more. It'll give the worst of them ideas, maybe even delusions of adequacy. I don't want another bloodbath just now.
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[She puts a single, exquisitely-cut star ruby on the counter - one the size of a robin's egg.] I think that should be enough to get us almost anything we need, up to and including a small wagon and all the supplies we can carry.
[It's really a massive undersell - that single gem is probably worth enough to buy a house, much less a cart and travel rations. The clerk stares at it in mute shock for a moment before snatching it off the counter and nodding vigorously. If these kids were willing to throw away such a prize as this, who was he to argue?]
I'll pick our provisions. Stay close to me, and watch for shadows - I know this type of place, and they figure where something like that ruby comes from, there has to be more. It'll give the worst of them ideas, maybe even delusions of adequacy. I don't want another bloodbath just now.