And now you know why I'm setting up antique dealing. Haven't been to a place that the wealthy won't pay hand over fist for a rare and beautiful item. If I'm in the Society, black market clients will seek me out -- I can screen them, of course, but they'll pay better. Plus if there's anything like an aristocracy here, someone has pockets that are unimaginably deep. [ His family was new money. His father had coveted old money more than anything -- wanted Balthier to marry in, though that would have worked better if he'd been a daughter. Ironic, he supposed, that when he had a chance with a queen she was essentially penniless. ] Reading alone is also wonderful. I just haven't wanted to be alone lately. I'm sure that'll even out.

Alright, so we go in asking for help with a ring setting? William von Hombold can have some family jewel he wants reset but was too pearl-clutching to bring along. If you need me to separate and distract, tell me these just aren't your taste.