"Two coins for the vines, three jems for the cart, and a nice trade for the egg," He says slyfully.

"Would you take this silver dagger for the egg," he asked, handing the coins and gems to the merchant then pulling the dagger and its box from his back.

"Yes to all but the egg. You need something more." the merchant said sitting down by his cart.

"How about this?" Beck opens his bag and pulls out a simple plant dried in a container.

Setting down his gear for a moment, Nathaniel took one of his knives and wedged it under a set of large luminious scales on his chest, prying one off he held it up.

"How about this? This is refered to as a heavenly scale among hunters. Any narga anthro or feral only grow them once every ten years, and in very limited numbers. You can sell it for much more that any other material you have," he said putting away his knife.

"Hmmmm you really want this egg. Why is that may i ask?" the merchant said thinking of getting the most out of it.

"I want it for the protection of everyone in general. The jar it's in is the only thing that has keep it's mother from tracking you down and killing you," he said wrapping the scale in a small piece of cloth, "If we can't come to a agreement on worth, I ask that you take it back to where you found it. I would rather see you alive."

"Fine the scale for the egg along with the plant." He said with unhappy tone.

"Great, Beck will know what to do with the egg," he said, handing the merchant the scale then turning to leave with the vines, "I'll be back later with some planks to replace the damaged ones."

"Yeah yeah whatever." the merchant says handing the egg over to Beck.

Beck takes it and places it in his backpack. He starts his way to the Flooded City sector.

A few minutes later, Nathanielk returned with several yew planks. "Here, from my personal stash of materials. Fire and water proofed," he said  as he layed the planks on the cart's lowered gate.

Beck gets to the edge of their district and into his old colonies. He moves quietly and tries not to make a sound.

Ruby had fallowed Beck into the old district, sticking to the shadows to keep herself hidden.

He stops and looks at the distance away from the flooded city. He takes a breath and starts on his way again.

From the deeper part of the waters, a large yellow, alegator like beast with a sponge like mane, jumped onto land. Looking around for a moment, it spotted Beck and started inching towards him out of curiosity.

Beck gets to the edge and releases the egg into the water. Beck quickly pushes it to have it float out further faster.