Cloxeta lets both Noriko and Brass in. "Oh, yes please. Just ignore the stomach bottle bug in the walls." It's not obvious, but presumably it's just immaterial. "I was going to negotiate with it, but I've got a few problems to negotiate right now with it."<br/><br/>He pulls out a bottle of spirits and offers a few crackers. "Now what can I do you for?" After getting the first question, he gives a quick explanation of how the mutability of the Wyld and the strong fire essence from the Elemental Pole of Fire sometimes bind with real dust, or sometimes just reaches a dry state, and the result is fire dust. There are other ways, but none of them take place, normally, or far from the Pole of Fire. (Even he can't make it, although the question does give him ideas)<br/><br/>And, well, the satrap has asked him for a few doses of Age Staving Cordial (Makes you live longer), and some Fire-Wind Potion (makes soldiers fight harder and better). Nothing interesting, unlike that one could that had asked his help in calling a neomah.