Shop Owner: What… what is this?
Blanca: Forty-eight cubids. Twenty-five spheres. Take it.
Shop Owner: But… this is more than yer day’s wages.
Blanca: Exactly.
Blanca: I need the job, not the paycheck. So here’s the deal: I pay you, you keep me on the books. I’ll stay outta everyone’s hair, do my own thing. Might even help out — if I feel like it.
Shop Owner: Ye want… to pay me to keep ye on the schedule?
Blanca: Yeah. Just give me like three shifts a week. Light and easy.
Blanca: Trust me, it’s a win for both of us.
Shop Owner: But why? What in blazes are ye-?
Blanca: Probably best you don’t ask too many questions, yeah?
Blanca: Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth, old-timer.
Shop Owner: I… I s’pose not...