She was a bit taken back by the price "Money? uhh...right money. I have... I have some of that" She dug around in the rabbit skin purse she made when she was young, and eventually pulled out a flawed ruby, covered in many layers of mica. She slapped it on the table and looked at the owner of the building with a proud expression "Hah there it is! Look at that thing! I can pay with this right? It's not cut yet..but it's probably  worth a few silver" In reality, the gemstone was ugly, even if the mica was removed it'd still be nearly worthless