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Drakien didn't expect her to agree, and was rather pleasantly surprised when she did, rising again to bring him a familiar blade. He'd not seen this particular blade before, but many like it, as was made obvious by the Romane writing on the side. He accepted it reverently, and nodded his agreement, tucking the blade into his waistband and gathering the pelts he'd traded for to himself. He folded the larger ones over the small fox pelt, and tucked the whole pile into the blanket, tying the bundle securely. Once that was done, he turned back to her, holding out a hand to shake.
"It was a pleasure doing business with you." He said, choosing to put their previous encounter aside. This one had been more favorable, at least on his part, and he felt perhaps that she was not so harsh a merchant after all, so long as he wasn't attempting to drive a hard bargain. He didn't do that much, though, preferring his trades to be more relaxed, and had he had something of more worth to trade for that horse--one that he didn't see, now, proving she must have eaten it as she'd threatened to do--instead of gambling with his future as he'd attempted, he would have found their last encounter more pleasurable as well. Still, what was done was done, and he couldn't change anything now. Lifting a hand as he turned away, expecting their encounter to end, he added as he had not the last time, "Bahtalo drom, eh? Perhaps we meet again."
He hoped the Goddess looked favorably down on her as she traveled, and that they did meet again, perhaps not to trade, but as fellow travelers. Gypsy she was not, but the road took all kinds.
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