Drake had completed the exchange with a sour expression on the entire time, completely unamused by the shopkeeper's delight. And when Clarice revealed the nature of their funds, his face went a little slack and a little wide-eyed. (His lowered eyebrows still made him look annoyed, though.)

"Well that would have been helpful to know beforehand!" He said as though it had been Clarice's personal oversight. "Where are they getting - no, d'you know what? Don't even want to know. Prob'ly makes exactly as much sense as anything else to do with the Agrii." After a huffy half a moment, he brightened, marginally.

"That does open up a much wider array of possibilities, though. What do I need a tool kit for, I could buy an entire laboratory."