He relaxed, the slightly unearthy stillness vanishing from him like fog under the sun. "I will consider it payment for encouraging the priest to bring your son back.<br/><br/>And yes, it is. But what is inside is so much more so."<br/><br/>He had left the second with the merchant, insisting on at least making an exchange. He paused, looking about, and then waved to the spy, and smirked, before pulling the head of the statue out of the bag. He let the spy see it, before he headed back to the inn, letting Aurelia and Sapphire know he was on his way back, and that he had the original statue with him, AND that he was planning to open it once he got a couple things. He bought an adamantine dagger, and a commissioned a lock-smithing kit of the same materials. One single largish piece of white cloth, a vial of mineral oil, and an adamantine scalpel, and he was done with the purchases. Now he just had to carefully remove the gold, remove the suspected tablet, and then put it back together for Aurelia to put in her hoard.