"Ah, you're interested in gypsy wares. You must have unusual interests then." What exactly was the man looking for? Certainly whatever it was could be bought in any store. Unless the man was one of those 'bargain hunters' he'd heard about. That was of no matter.

"I know you're not from around here," Xaldin continued. "I've never seen you here before. And if you've arrived recently, you've taken quite well to your journal." So the man wasn't dumb as a block. Promising. "Some people can hardly work theirs at first."