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"Thanking of you for letting you of use me your inn," Shi stuttered, tripping over some of the words. He has yet to master this language of this foreign land, far from home. "I of wishing there was to pay you back. Unfortunate, business is slow. Too many of guarding, no money to take. If I am to returnings your generosity, I must have good team." He slumped in his barstool, waiting for Annie's response. She had taken him off the street, out from wallowing in his dishonor, and allowed him to use his skills to best effect in this city he didn't understand. He owed everything to her, and was thankful to all the deities that may exist that he had such a friend. She even took time out of her day to teach him the common local language. "Money becoming very little. I cannot make payment to many guard anymore, or give many loan. If you having business I may assist, I would be grateful to my death."