"If it worries you so much, ask her not as a friend, but as a potential business partner," 'Ardbert' offers. Paid either way. "I don't doubt it would be easier to trust someone whose skills you know to have your back." He certainly hadn't made the suggestion on the belief that Tataru would be expected to do it from the goodness of her heart, certainly.

And what would the actual crafting of an item have to do with the cycle of day or night? Tilting his head, Elidibus asks a question. "I imagine it couldn't hurt to ask. And I don't know what the day or night cycle has brought to mind," the man offers her a half-grin. "But if you are looking for a customer and are capable of handling leather goods, I know I for one would have an order which could not be easily filled by others."

It's not like the Ascian is a mind reader after all. But at least he's sincerely curious about what the Warrior of Light is speaking of.