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The boy's stomach roils, so to calm it he bends over and grasps a lime that lays discarded by the side of a barrel. The youth hops up on a barrel of salt and chews his fruit, puckering but enjoying the citrus. The lime at his lips, Kid's eyes swivel between Barrington and Roy. When the pair's bartering draws down to an impasse between 320 and 450 gold, Kid slides off his barrel, tosses the lime over a shoulder, and approaches Barrington. In a low voice meant only for Barrington's, Kid intones, "If you've the coin, cap'n, offer 'im 385 pieces fer the cannon and the gun. He's wantin' ter cover 'is margin, an' 385 gets that, but it's still less than the 450 he stated. If ye're wanting the shot fer both the demis an' the gun, maybe sweeten the pot ter 410 gold?" The boy stands a few inches apart from Barrington in a show of solidarity, then moves a foot away and nods once curtly at Roy. [/section]
[sblock=Thieves' Cant]Does Roy speak thieves' cant? If so, he could interpret Kid's physical demeanor to mean that Barrington is a genuine buyer, but that Kid doesn't know if Barrington posses the amount of coin Roy initially demanded. Kid's proximity to Barrington is intended to convey solidarity; Kid already thinks of Barrington as being in his corner, and vice versa. Finally, the singular head nod is mark of Kid's respect for Roy and Roy's operation. The boy wishes to convey that Barrington is on the up-and-up, and that Roy should bargain with Barrington not just for this singular deal over the cannons, but in the interest of establishing what is likely to become a long-term commercial relationship beneficial to all parties.[/sblock]
The boy's stomach roils, so to calm it he bends over and grasps a lime that lays discarded by the side of a barrel. The youth hops up on a barrel of salt and chews his fruit, puckering but enjoying the citrus. The lime at his lips, Kid's eyes swivel between Barrington and Roy. When the pair's bartering draws down to an impasse between 320 and 450 gold, Kid slides off his barrel, tosses the lime over a shoulder, and approaches Barrington. In a low voice meant only for Barrington's, Kid intones, "If you've the coin, cap'n, offer 'im 385 pieces fer the cannon and the gun. He's wantin' ter cover 'is margin, an' 385 gets that, but it's still less than the 450 he stated. If ye're wanting the shot fer both the demis an' the gun, maybe sweeten the pot ter 410 gold?" The boy stands a few inches apart from Barrington in a show of solidarity, then moves a foot away and nods once curtly at Roy. [/section][sblock=Thieves' Cant]Does Roy speak thieves' cant? If so, he could interpret Kid's physical demeanor to mean that Barrington is a genuine buyer, but that Kid doesn't know if Barrington posses the amount of coin Roy initially demanded. Kid's proximity to Barrington is intended to convey solidarity; Kid already thinks of Barrington as being in his corner, and vice versa. Finally, the singular head nod is mark of Kid's respect for Roy and Roy's operation. The boy wishes to convey that Barrington is on the up-and-up, and that Roy should bargain with Barrington not just for this singular deal over the cannons, but in the interest of establishing what is likely to become a long-term commercial relationship beneficial to all parties.[/sblock]
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