I highly doubt being here is going to break your streak of haggling your way to a deal.

[ If there's one thing Vax has the utmost faith in, it's Vex'ahlia's ability to browbeat vendors into giving her what she wants. He cards his fingers carefully through her damp hair, gently working out the last of the snarls before he begins taming it into a neat braid. ]

This fish business seems harmless enough.

[ Compared to vampires, anything was harmless. ]

But I still haven't seen anyone we know. No one but Percy.

[ There's a finality to that now. It's the three of them on their own. Vax isn't sure what to make of that at all. ]