The acidity in his response satisfies her entirely. So much so that she forgets they have yet to stop (avidly) shaking hands. Rather than make any attempt to pry herself free, she simply proceeds to confess.
"Very well. Then, under pain of certain death should you speak any word of this to anyone whatsoever, I shall tell you. We are travelling to Orzammar with the intention of securing a contact who trades in, and will be willing to trade to us specifically, a very particular form of refined crystal lyrium. Mr. Ellis is familiar with the city, having been through some years ago on Warden business in the Deep Roads. And while I cannot imagine we will stray quite so far as that, one never knows what may occur when one is abroad. This is particularly true, I think, when one wishes to engage in business while there."
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Date: 2020-08-16 10:52 pm (UTC)"Very well. Then, under pain of certain death should you speak any word of this to anyone whatsoever, I shall tell you. We are travelling to Orzammar with the intention of securing a contact who trades in, and will be willing to trade to us specifically, a very particular form of refined crystal lyrium. Mr. Ellis is familiar with the city, having been through some years ago on Warden business in the Deep Roads. And while I cannot imagine we will stray quite so far as that, one never knows what may occur when one is abroad. This is particularly true, I think, when one wishes to engage in business while there."