It's a girl! She's pretty, so Aurin smiles at her and waves.

She waves back, and meanders in his direction.

Yay.

"Hi."

"Hi! My name's Aurin, what's yours?"

"Elizabeth, pick a nickname."

"That works too."

"So what are you up to?"

"A walk in the park. You?"

"People-watching. Taking a break from trying to find a decent currency exchange. It's a nice day for a walk."

"Currency exchange? What for?"

"I have some gold and silver, but while there was not a sign about it in the grocery store, I bet they don't take it. And I'd like to pay back the guy who loaned me twenty bucks."

"You're right, they do not take gold and silver at the grocery store," she agrees. "What kind of gold and silver, specifically?"

"...Kind? It's not alloyed, if that's what you mean."

"I mean, how pure and in what form? Coins, jewellery, decorative trinkets?"

"Entirely pure, and shaped like this," he pulls out one of his pried-off elbow scales, "except most of them probably aren't bent like this, and they're various sizes."

"You know what," she says, examining the scale, "I bet I could help you out."

"Really? Can you give me better prices than the WE BUY GOLD place, because I already tried them."

"Yes. I can give you better prices than the WE BUY GOLD place."

"Cool." He reaches into his kangaroo pocket and pulls out his little bag of scales. He drops his elbow scales into the bag. "Looks like about an even mix of silver and gold but the biggest ones are gold," he hmms. "I haven't weighed it yet."

"My aunt will probably want to buy them, and if she doesn't she'll know somebody who will."

"Cool. Is that something we can go see her about now?"