After a time the dwarf takes note of the wealth of magic items spread around. He glances back and forth between the items and the shopkeeper, lurching up to get a closer look at some of them. A sly cast briefly flashes over his features as he pauses for a moment.Selande wrote:The shopkeeper would quietly attend her tome as her guest visits. She might eventually look away from her work as she seeks what next to write, and may in this process notice the dwarf. A brief appraising glance over his equipment and demeanor would be all the hooded woman would express before returning to her work. So long as he doesn't seem aggressive, she'd leave him to his own company.
The woman seems quite comfortable with armed, enchanted strangers sharing close quarters with her.
Slowly walking around the patched up ruin, he takes note of both the stonework and the subtle wards with a keen eye. Some muttering and a few grunts later, he takes up a collapsed beam of wood from the ground, tilting it against one of the walls and hammering into place with some nails and a hammer he pulls out of his pack.
Dusting off his hands while observing his handiwork with self-satisfaction, he turns to the shopkeeper and moves over to one particular belt. "Yer wards aught t' be sufficient, but ye don't know stonework like a dwarf. That wall weren't more than a strong wind from collapsin' right on top o' ye."
Glancing down at the note next to the belt, he scoffs. "What's this then? History? Past deeds of past bearers? Dead is dead, and the past ain't half as interestin' as the future. Sell me the belt (//Precursor Belt//) and ye'll 'ave something t' really write about. Fifty five bags o' gold should do it, aye?"
He moves back to his pack and measures out the amount in platinum, and raises an eyebrow to her.