"- do you mean, how much debt are you two in? A lot, but the ability to make things is very helpful for that. Objects we couldn't make ourselves are very valuable."

"I mean, yes, a lot, but could you denominate it in bowls or sandwiches or something?"

"It's not linear in bowls or sandwiches. If you made us a hundred of those bowls you'd be even, probably."

"Marginal value of bowls and sandwiches goes down?"

"Uniqueness matters to how valuable something is, and so does how much it's needed, and so does how much we can learn from it."

"Does somebody have a wishlist? - Is everyone here on the same sleep schedule?"

"No, that'd make the place feel twice as crowded. I can get you a list of things we'd want."

"Sounds good."

"You want it to include enough to buy out the girl as well?"

"Might as well. Do I need to do some formal thing to specify what objects are toward what?"

"The person who owns her debt currently will have to come by and say they'll accept the objects in exchange for it."

"And who's that?"

"I don't know if he gave you a name but you spoke with him earlier. Red hair."

"He didn't give me a name, I've been thinking of him as Not A Stupid Asshole."

"I regret that that's distinguishing. He can bring the list, once we have it."

"I mean I'm sure several of you manage it but he's the first one to stand out in the category."

"I am sure he'll be delighted to speak with you further."

"Cool."

He heads off.

Cam practices reading the language.

And a while later he comes in with a list. They'd like:

- magical lights and magical crystals of these eight kinds, if he can do them

- food healthy for humans that will last a long time, ideally at least a winter

- medicines worth trying if humans get sick

- a precise miniature replica of the court of the Queen of Faeries, if he can do that sort of thing

- something sharp enough to cut those bowling balls without losing its edge

- (if he can't do the magic things) a book he recommends written by humans about science, in six different languages

- (also if he can't do the magic things) a book he recommends written by humans about history, in six different languages

- (also if he can't do the magic things) musical instruments from his people

Cam cannot do magical lights and crystals. "Do you know if food that's hanging out with accelerated people decays according to real time or accelerated time? Also the replica might not go through completely what with all the magic, but some of it might, is that still worthwhile?"

"Meat takes a couple sunsets to go off, if you don't do anything to preserve it. Plants take maybe ten, fifteen sunsets. I don't know how long they last for mortals. A partial replica would still be interesting."

"Sounds like real-time decay, which is good, because I know preservation techniques that will last for decades of real time but not for thousands of decades. Should I assume animal pests are a non-concern because anyone wandering by your granary can see a mouse coming while it still has subjective days to go?"

"Yes. We mostly direct animals off in some other direction when they come by. - or cage them if we want to study them. Is that objectionable."