<div class="floatleft">(https://img00.deviantart.net/7315/i/2016/179/9/0/mechanical_mage_by_isis_blue_fire_3_by_isisbluefire-da81o13.jpg)<br/><div align="center"><strong>Felice</strong> (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=290166.msg14258283#msg14258283)</div></div><br/>The tinkerer's face was crimson, though she tried to conceal that fact from the brothers by turning her head. Without making eye-contact, Felice passed a little more than a dozen coins to Ezra. The slight redhead didn't speak again until they were less likely to be overheard, then she turned to the huntress and almost blurted out.<br/><br/>"That was well played," she gasped, still more than a little embarrassed at her guardian's audacity, "I thought you'd over-reached at first, but you had them eating out of the palm of your hand."<br/><br/>Felice gave a sly wink as though to give her companion notice that she would brook not further talk of how unskilled Ezra was at dealing with people.<br/><br/>"I'll see to any work they need doing," the tinkerer explained after a moment, "Unless you have any more hidden skills to reveal?"