"Hmmm..."  Astrid is silent for another moment, brow furrowed in thought.  If it's money they need, she has more than enough in her own purse, but something tells her they'll be too proud to accept charity.<br/>As she glances around idly, her eye falls on John's wrist, where he wears a bracelet of braided leather strips.  It doesn't look like it's worth more than a copper, but it gives her an idea.  "That's a nice bracelet," she says.  "I'd pay twelve gold for it."  She gives John a sly wink.