Jacob files away all these details for later note.  Such places might be worth a visit -- outright payment seems a little crass, but it's not as though anyone is going to reprimand him for it.<br/><br/>Idly, he queries the urchin about the lands outside the city -- he's not quite certain how much progress he made on the people and creatures to the east and west before night last fell -- and whether there's any place around where a decent blade could find employment.