Grinder dumps his gear in the private quarters, but doesn't unpack.
"I don't like these shades-of-grey situations," he says. "I don't trust Arnis, but he did convince me not to trust Melian much either."
"Hypothetically, let's say that Arnis is telling the truth about Melian. Do we really want to cross a potentially powerful and dangerous wizard? In the interest of living a long, healthy life, that's not generally a wise course of action."
"On the flipside," he continues, stroking his short beard, "if Arnis is lying, then our ability to finish even a simple retrieval task would have been thwarted by mere words at the end and we'll still face Melian's displeasure."
"Arnis didn't do much to convince me that his little secret club could protect us against the wrath of a wizard. I guess we could return the fake gem and plead ignorance, but that could carry some risk as well."
"Other thoughts?"