Din nodded as ke accepted teh large bag of platinum and weighed it out in his hand, having gotten accustomed to knowing how much of  gold or Plat was in a bag by the weight. He used to have to carry the stuff around between thayan forges as well during his time on the surface.  "It's not that bad..." He said with a shrug. "I actually liked the silver disc in the sky at night. It was the one time the Thayans didn't demand something of the lot of us." He said. "And there's other ways to make a living up there too from what I saw anyway. " Din smirked some and shrugged. "Maybe they didn't have a choice you know? Gladiator rules: beat the enemy and live or lose to teh enemy and try to cut a deal that let you live: usually it involves servitude of some kind to someone else.. but at least you aren't a corpse." he pointed out sagely.<br/><br/>"Personally I want to get up in the world.  And so far the Arena has been good to me in that way; alot of the drow leave me be out of fear that I might go off the deepend and tear them a new one." He chuckled darkly.  "Not that I haven't tried... So how's it been for you? We've known each other a long time."