Tehr held out the statuette of the wolf to the older gnomish woman.  "This piece is amazing, but I'm really looking for something that's specific.  I need a statuette of a hound, preferably the kind that halflings may ride.  Do you sell anything like that or know where I could go to find something of that nature?"<br/><br/>He knew it was a long shot, but a wolf wouldn't do, in fact for his plan, it might be looked at as offensive.  Then holding the wolf statue, the message about her asking if he was an enchanter set in.  On a hunch he cast detect magic and re-examined the statue.