[ So here's the fun part about haggling — sometimes, you have to bluff. And while she's not one to lean on dishonesty if she can help it, she is familiar with a lack of resources. Pragmatism takes precedence over honor, and desperate times often call for desperate measures. She's not the best at it, but she has her moments.
Case in point: her bluff was believable to the point that too many people believed her. Whoops. Lucina's being led away from the merchant before she has a chance to recover the situation ( not that the situation is recoverable at this point; to stop Fern would be to show their hand ). It takes a certain kind of stamping down on her impulse to keep the shock from flitting across her face, jaw clamped down when she gives the merchant an apologetic look.
It takes a bit until they're properly out of earshot. Then she inhales, and— ] I'm afraid there is ... no other merchant. [ There's a little wince from her as she says it outloud. ] I was — ah — hoping that I'd be able to lower his prices.
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Case in point: her bluff was believable to the point that too many people believed her. Whoops. Lucina's being led away from the merchant before she has a chance to recover the situation ( not that the situation is recoverable at this point; to stop Fern would be to show their hand ). It takes a certain kind of stamping down on her impulse to keep the shock from flitting across her face, jaw clamped down when she gives the merchant an apologetic look.
It takes a bit until they're properly out of earshot. Then she inhales, and— ] I'm afraid there is ... no other merchant. [ There's a little wince from her as she says it outloud. ] I was — ah — hoping that I'd be able to lower his prices.