Oh, it seemed she didn't need to say anything. Remi mentioned the incident for her and she raised her eyebrows at his version of events. "As far as I remember, you told us you could show us how to write without being covered in charcoal - what's magical about that? Besides, you were covered in charcoal." To his predatory gaze, she returned a 'gotcha' expression and laughed to herself.
At least she had brought something to trade. "So I have a few things..." She reached into her bag and brought out a bundle wrapped in a fine purple fabric that caught the sun and sparkled at the edges. Untying it, she pulled out four things. "There's this little statue from one of the Fae shrines - it doesn't actually do anything, but if you tell humans that it's Fae and it's ~magic~, they'll eat it right up. Then I have some Red Lichen..." Jiao held up a package tightly wrapped in paper. "It's toxic and grows reallllly fast. Good if you wanna mess someone's place up." Not that she had any experience with that, of course.
"This is apparently a bit of an Afanc tooth--" She held up a shard of something hard and yellowed, once-white. "And lastly..." There was a jar that she pulled out, holding it carefully - within squirmed little black shapes. "Elephant beetle larvae. They'll grow up into useful little helpers."
All delights of the Greatwood- she had hoped their relative novelty might help her get good things in new places.
Jiao
And the bittersweet of every new defeat
Is I'm stronger than before
