Russell gave Niko an answering grin as she smiled back at him, struck by how cute she looked. Giving himself a mental shake he managed to bring his mind back into focusing on business.<em>"I'm glad to hear we're not making trouble for you,"</em>he told the elven girl.<em>"And I hope our new request isn't a problem either. My commander was wondering if we could purchase some fresh food now we're in a town, as we've been living on preserved trail food for a couple of weeks."</em>Russell grimaced in embarrassment, hoping that he'd managed to convey the idea of MRE's given his limited command of Gatespeak.<em>"The problem is that we don't have any money from this world - we have some from our world, but I don't think the local merchants would accept it. We have some trade goods that we could sell, but finding a merchant who will give us a decent price would be hard. If someone local could help us find the right merchant we'd be very grateful,"</em>he hinted.<br/>