[open] she sells sea shells

That ... wasn't the reaction Arialla had expected, or the person she'd expected to react to her sales pitch. For a moment she stared, but she quickly mastered herself. This person was outside her experience, but perhaps they were normal for Caido -- and even if not, well, best to be polite.

"Shells are things that wash up on the beach," Arialla explained, angling her basket so that her potential customer could see into it. "People value them for their beauty, mostly."

Or at least she hoped they would.