He coughed, at the mention of twenty thousand gold, then his eyes went wide, as she offered the money to him. "Gods above," he swore, as he took the money. "You know I don't even sell that much in goods, with a whole year's trading?" he asked, somewhat incredulously. "I could finance another caravan... maybe two, with these kind of funds. Ahh, but we've got a nobler purpose, don't we?" he said, chuckling, and shaking his head.<br/><br/>"Even without the outside support, this is enough to outfit everything we'd need... with more, we're going to be seriously impressive. Though, I'm going to hold off on doing the full upgrades, until we've got a better idea of what dangers we'll face along the route. We can get what I<em>know</em>we'll need, now, though."