"...I don't understand you."

"Really? I thought I was being pretty clear."

She shakes her head.

"Don't worry about it, you'll have plenty of time to get used to me."

"I didn't say I was going to join your party."

"No, I know, my job here will be to convince you to. And I think at the very least you're sufficiently interested that you'll agree to more dinners."

"...you'll pay for the teleport."

"Really? You'll benefit from the training, too."

"I can get training elsewhere."

"You drive a hard bargain."

"Why are you even interested in a bounty in Payon?"

"Because I found out about it though the grapevine, not the bounty boards."

"So?"

"That means it pays better and it's more likely to be interesting."

"Why?"

"Anyone can accept a bounty from a board, so there's no filtering—"

"That's what Eden ranks are for."

"—kind of, but they are not really very, ah... discerning?"

"Discerning."

"Anyone can earn ranks, if they do enough bounties, but someone who is better networked and has people vouching for them is likely to be a cut above the rest."

"Then increase the rank."

"Yes, I suppose you can reduce it to that, but then they're also forced to offer compensation that matches a higher rank bounty."

"So they're cheap."