Nall tapped his fingers idly on the counter as he awaited his first customers looking over a scroll that contained a list of his inventory as he did, making sure it was still up to date. So when the door jerked open slamming against the wall behind it he looked up jerkily in time to see the lights in his shop extinguished by a blast of wind. His eyes narrowed, the words of a defensive spell coming to mind as the shadowed figure stalked in. He could feel the raw power of the person and certainly didn't wish to provoke them. At the sight of the gnarled hand, inhumanly gaunt and pale he very nearly cast the shielding spell he had in mind. However one echoing proclamation later he found himself more interested in the large sack of gold spilled over hiss counter. Mysterious figure aside, that was enough to buy several key pieces of equipment for his lab.<br/><br/>Looking back up into the shadowed recesses of the figures hood he responded in a careful tone "Well, if your willing to pay me that much, it must be important." Carefully pushing the coins back into the pouch, he added, "Just tell me what you task you need completed., my... venerable customer and it shall be done." He smiled glancing back down at the gold, awaiting the answer to his query.