<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#99ccff">He let out a small laugh as she tried to trick Alexi into porting her stuff home. <span class="fixed-color" style="color:#4da6ff">“Makes sense. I’ll look into it, though that is pretty expensive at first….”</span> Unable to keep a straight face he bursts out laughing, before pulling out a purse. The contents weren’t coins, like most people would carry, but certified diamonds with their values carved into one of the facets. Taking one of them, worth about half as much as the entire contents of the store, he put it on the counter and looked at the shopkeep. <span class="fixed-color" style="color:#4da6ff">“In addition to all of this, I would like to order a book specially made. Black leather, with silver and crimson inlay. Make the pattern something, haunting. Beyond that free reign. This enough to cover that?”</span> The man just nodded with a stunned look on his face before writing down the instructions. Lucian gave him a big smile. <span class="fixed-color" style="color:#4da6ff">“Good, I’ll be back in a month to collect it. If I like your work we can talk more then.”</span></span>