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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ethandrew" data-source="post: 3861585" data-attributes="member: 17456">Keefe stares at the Emiran merchant for a moment with a cold steely glare, eyebrows half cocked. Finally he furrows his brow and tightly shuts his mouth before opening it again to speak, "You're serious, right? 150? That's not a joke? Hmmm, interesting." He continues to stare, never moving his eyes from that of the merchant's. "I am in a quandry. I'm sure that word doesn't translate well to your language, but I won't feign to be an expert on Emiran linguistics. I'll state it simply for you: I do not know what to do."You see, I could easily take one of my uncle's horses; one horse would not be missed. But during these trying times I thought I would help out the city's local economy as well as a well-known merchant, such as yourself. This could be mutually beneficial for us. You get a wealthy, influential client, and I get an angel who might not complain for a long ride. But 150 pieces of gold? I could use that to have one thousand men carry us for the whole trip. Sure, one or two might die from exhaustion, but they have replacements, waiting to claim to have carried an angel, if just for a day."150? No. I won't take your mare at 150. I'll write you a note of promise for 100 instead. You take this up to the guard at the gate and have them give this to the castellan. He'll get you your 100. You'll be happy, the angel will be happy, I'll be happy, the castellan won't like walking to the gate, but he needs the exercise anyway. He'll probably end up sending someone else to do it instead."I trust you know how to get to the gate? Good. Next time I need a horse, I'll come here first. I might even want to replace my own personal one in the near future, so keep an eye out for me." Keefe digs into a satchel at his side, ready to pull out whatever supplies needed to complete his dealings with this unsavory man. Loathe as he was to part with money when unnecessary, he got a particular joy out of buying Kae'Ari's horse out of the country's coffers.</blockquote>

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