[That sure is a prickly troll! But John knows how to handle prickly people, more than a few people back at the settlement are prickly and tough to deal with.]
Well, if you don't want charity, what if we did a trade?
[Which was what John wanted in the first place, but having it come up like this is better. It flows with the conversation much more smoothly.]
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Well, if you don't want charity, what if we did a trade?
[Which was what John wanted in the first place, but having it come up like this is better. It flows with the conversation much more smoothly.]