Whatever semblance of a smile that was on his face before is wiped clear. He stands completely still, trying, and failing, to process that number. ]
It's not nice to joke about something like that to people who can't read.
[ The statement is more a lie to himself than anything else, a wishful grasp at understanding that isn't there. He senses no ill motive in her voice, hears no insincerity in her sighs. Really, she sounds as lost as he suddenly feels. ]
...you're being serious, aren't you?
[ And there's something else... currency? Is it not in copper and silver and gold? ]
I'm sorry, are we not 'round Davenshire?
[ That's the last place he remembers wandering through... maybe. He's not sure where he's been wandering at all any more. ]
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BILLION?!
Whatever semblance of a smile that was on his face before is wiped clear. He stands completely still, trying, and failing, to process that number. ]
It's not nice to joke about something like that to people who can't read.
[ The statement is more a lie to himself than anything else, a wishful grasp at understanding that isn't there. He senses no ill motive in her voice, hears no insincerity in her sighs. Really, she sounds as lost as he suddenly feels. ]
...you're being serious, aren't you?
[ And there's something else... currency? Is it not in copper and silver and gold? ]
I'm sorry, are we not 'round Davenshire?
[ That's the last place he remembers wandering through... maybe. He's not sure where he's been wandering at all any more. ]