<strong>“Suddenly I’m ever more glad I wore my rain boots today,”</strong>Sara agreed with Susan. She then looked to Turnstone once more.<strong>“I suppose I should ask what we’re all thinking—assuming we’re successful with finding and eliminating the threat to your workers, what can we expect to be paid? Magic items aren’t going to buy themselves after all,”</strong>she joked. To be sure, Sara was the sort to work for free if the cause was just and the people who needed her were desperately poor. But if it was a successful businessman wanting her to explore a nasty sewer, decent compensation was a must.