No amount of preparation could have rendered Sabine completely calm about walking through the door of the shop. The sight of other customers made her pause in her tracks and blankly stare at them. That was something she should have planned for, yet somehow didn't even think of. It wasn't until she noticed Kaleeth catch up behind her that she was silently reminded to keep going.

Sabine paced slowly to the counter, looking at the shopkeeper and swallowing. "Hello...um..." she punished herself for being too casual about it. "Could we talk? About a private...thing?" A last minute idea hit her, just before it became too awkward to interrupt. "It is important. About what you have in your strongbox." Sabine's eye flicked up and back to the shopkeeper. "The one upstairs."