Bane rubbed his face, starting to get a headache from all the fast talking. Maggie looked  at the other man and said “it is very kind of you to offer but we hate to impose. And…well, I’m running for a number of reasons. But we are here looking for a rare and dangerous item.” 

She reached into her bag and pulled out a old piece of paper torn from a book. She slid it to him and said “this is what we are looking for.” On the page was a drawing of a staff of some sort, with gems running up and down the sides. Bane kept quiet, letting the former noble take the lead on this.