Thank You. i'll take you up on that offer Dar Ma said To Talasma before going up to her and giving herr a kiss. ' thanks for yesterday, i learned a lot from you' Dar Ma smiled " so what would you prefer we eat? any dishes you'd recommend?"
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Nick had picked out a book 'The Cleansing of the Fane' and was reading it ' there wasnt much in the book ' Why is this book so short?' He asked Mach Na ' Showing it to her ' Well that book is the only surviving record of the holy brothers of Marukr, they were followers of Saint Alessia in the First Era, they had a monastery at Lake Canulus, but it was destroyed near the end of the First era, and the records were either lost or destroyed. the lake is in the eastern part of Cyrodil, the closest major city to it would be Bravil. nothing remains of the monastery, two eras, spanning many centuries. have passed, and only a handful of scholars of that era even remember the sect. if you want the book, i'll sell it for 45 gold..' 45 gold? i dont have that much..' Nick admitted.' how much do you have? ' Mach Na said ' nick pulled out all the gold he had - 2 pieces ' my dear boy, that wont buy you anything in this store.. if you wish to keep reading it, feel free. just put it back once you are finished.." mach Na said. nick walked off around a corner looking at the old books back cover. '
Dru Essa put the 4 ' Argonian Account' books oj the counter ' i'm a book seller .like you ... she began as Mach Na examined the books' ' ah the complete set.. I'll give you 80 gold for the lot ' But Mach Na ' these are worth 25 gold each' Dru Essa said ' my dear ' i am offering you a fair price considering i already own the 4th chapter of this tale.. ' What about 90? Dru Essa said " No' Mach Na said flatly " 85? 'No, 80 is as high as I go. if you go above 80 again i'll start dropping my price.. ' Ok Ok i'll take 80 gold for them' Dru Essa said quickly.. ' you drive a hard bargain..' she said a bit flustered ' my dear you are young. if you want to be a good trader, you cant start at too high a price. remember the person you are selling your books to, will likely turn around and sell them again, and would like to make some coin out of it. these books are worth 25 each, if i paid full price for them i could do no better than get my money back unless some collector was willing to overpay.. which is a possibility but unlikely.' Mach Na said. ' she pulled out a jar and counted out 80 gold and slid them across to Dru Essa ' dru essa then gave her the books. dru essa did a few more trades with Mach Na and found that she could not raise Mach Nas amount she was willing to pay by even one gold. in all Dru Essa netted 135 gold for selling some of her books. ' pleasure doing business ' Mach Na said as she put the books under the counter.
Nicula and Deetsan were sitting in chairs looking at books..
