"Well, I never!" Kaye huffed and put her hands on her hips. "If that is the way you feel about it, then we will leave. We don't need you, anyways." She turned to leave and bumped directly into Leith. "Let's get out of here and do what we came here to do."
	Jace was momentarily struck silent at Basil's outburst. He knew he was correct on all parts, but didn't want to admit it to him. Not even his own father could make him feel so guilty and shameful than a berating from Basil could induce. Once he'd calmed down and grew a rational mind once more, he turned to look at the girl. 
	"We do not have any caps to pay you. If he had, then we wouldn't be here scavenging ourselves." That little tidbit may have been a little lie, but it wasn't that far off. "As you can already see, we owed a debt to these two," he pointed to Leith and Kaye, "so what makes you think we have anything to pay you?"