[ Balthier is extremely pleased with that grin. He likes a difficult audience, truth be told. Loki's reactions are harder to predict than others' and it's such fun to get it right. ]

Is that how you see me? I'd get my shoes dirty and that would never be worth it.

We have a collection of antique pigments at the shop. For restoration. I pulled a pinch of the more interesting ones. I don't know if poisons go stale. The cadmium's fresh though.