Edith
_Almann continues to dangle the necklace in front of her. He would hike up the price quite a bit on her, seeing as she wasn't around here. He could've gone higher, but he didn't want to make it too unreasonable._

"This piece is 150 silver, if you want more expensive pieces you're going to have to show me your payment first..."

_He wasn't a dumb man, Almann wanted proof of payment before he revealed the most expensive pieces he had._

"However, you can take a look some of the pieces behind glass if you'd like. They're a bit more expensive than this."
John
"Sure... Though do you mind if I just hang onto it, and pay you after? I've had some bad experiences with money."

*Damn, he was making this hard. She opens a pouch, showing 15 gold pieces, then placing it back on her belt.*

"Yes, I would like that. Mind if I try them on too? My friend's found herself a bit sensitive, especially to silver."
Edith
*Almann smiles. He'd been through this routine before. Such things weren't uncommon in New Salvainia when he had his business there. For insurance, he always asked his customers to put down part of the payment of the armor, weapon, or jewelry they wanted to handle in case they tried to run off or broke it. Almann made that mistake more times than he'd like to mention. There were several times where vagabonds and the like got away with one or several pieces he sold without Almann netting anything from the experience. This also included children breaking precious fragile stones whilst their mothers weren't looking and even women of higher stature who could pay would try to get away with lifting minor products.*

*In New Salvainia you'd have regular folk in similarly regular clothes carrying around gold like it was pocket change in the middle quarter. Almann knew no one who wore basic clothes and carried that much money was honest. After all, someone with the gall to carry around such funds would surely buy themselves better wear, unless it was disadvantageous to do so given their... Business. Her self proclaimed bad affinity with money didn't help her case either.*

*Another thing that puzzled Almann was her friend's sensitivity to silver. Is she acquainted with werebeasts? Vampires? Was it just a poor excuse to explain why she carried so much gold? Either way, the prospect of deal with a friend of unfamiliar undead made Almann weary.*

*Almann hoped she was just an honest customer, but just to be sure he would pick her brain a bit before he would show her anything more valuable. Bait her into making a mistake or slip. He liked playing these games...*

"Sure. But, as I'm sure _you_ can understand I need some _insurance_ so to speak before I let you try on some of the more expensive pieces behind the cases. I'm going to need for you to put down half the price of the piece in return."

_Almann continues to dangle the gold necklace in front of her._