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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shayuri" data-source="post: 5416464" data-attributes="member: 4936">Maia's expression goes from dreamy at Falkner's description of the fabulous City of Glass to confused when Fury adds his piece. She does pick up on a recurring theme though, which was a certain tone of warning that both of them sounded."Then...I have misunderstood. The giving of metal for things is not some kind of gift-giving ritual at all." She moves her eyes from Falkner to Fury, and back. "It's more...structured? So that specific things, like a cup of water and minerals, have to be exchanged for specific kinds of metal..."She rubs her temple. "It seems very complicated now. And there's something I don't understand. Why metal? I can understand why water and food and clothes...those are all things you need. But as far as I can tell, you have no need for gold, or silver, or copper...yet that's what you exchange for just about everything. But without need, it can't have value..."As she spoke, Maia took out a coin each of gold, silver and copper from her pouch, and laid them on the table. The gold coin was one of hers, and it was a featureless gold disc; about the right size for a coin, but clearly not minted. The silver and copper coins were her change from the bartender, and had the usual printing on them. Noticing the differences, Maia trailed off as she held the silver coin up to scrutinize it closely."Look at what you do," she said softly. "Each little piece of metal becomes a work of art..."</blockquote>

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