Well. The merchant definitely seems to think they're in the right. X doesn't know enough to gently correct them, but he has a strong suspicion it's exactly the opposite. He also has a strong suspicion that Rutile, as many experts are wont to do, has lost sight of how important having the argument right here and right now is.
"I'm sorry," X says quickly to the merchant before he follows Rutile away, all earnest and cheerful. "You know us Dreamfolk -- passionate to a fault. I hope the rest of your day goes well!"
Then he and Rutile are alone, or relatively alone, and Rutile explains before X has a chance to ask.
X nods very seriously as he listens, bemused in the privacy of his own mind at how well he'd predicted what the problem was. "They certainly didn't act like an honest merchant," he agrees. "But either way, I'd listen to your advice over theirs. I don't think you'd have started arguing if you didn't know exactly what you're talking about. Still, it's not our place to police it. No one changes their mind when they're angry, and for all we know, that merchant desperately needs the money."
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"I'm sorry," X says quickly to the merchant before he follows Rutile away, all earnest and cheerful. "You know us Dreamfolk -- passionate to a fault. I hope the rest of your day goes well!"
Then he and Rutile are alone, or relatively alone, and Rutile explains before X has a chance to ask.
X nods very seriously as he listens, bemused in the privacy of his own mind at how well he'd predicted what the problem was. "They certainly didn't act like an honest merchant," he agrees. "But either way, I'd listen to your advice over theirs. I don't think you'd have started arguing if you didn't know exactly what you're talking about. Still, it's not our place to police it. No one changes their mind when they're angry, and for all we know, that merchant desperately needs the money."