James sighed. "He's paying the counselors, right? I mean, that's how thugs operate. They pay off any kind of authority figures. All I have to do is give them a few dragon scales, since I'm the only one who anyone can get a real one from, it'll work for paying them off. If any of them sell, oh, let's say about 10 or 15 of them, it'll be more than the one who's currently paying them to allow this is willing to pay."