Shilx paced back and forth across the village as he always did. Too many shops, not enough people. One day, he was going to get out of here and make a name for himself, but before that… He had to make sure he had the businessman voice to do it.

Lucky for him, the children of the village were curious little things. Menyx and a few of the others that liked to wander throughout the day often came to watch him pace. He could practice on them, show them just what he could offer! If he could impress a bunch of bored children, he could impress anyone.

"Today, I will introduce you to my delivery service!" He spoke loudly, watching the kids crowd around him. "Anything you need, I will find it for you and deliver it for a small and reasonable price!"

The kids chattered amongst themselves and, soon enough, they were pushing Menyx to say something. Their voice was soft, but that was fine. If he was to be a good businessman, he had to be sure he could hear any client.

"We want you to find us some Amber Leaves. Three of them."

"What an easy task." Good practice for later, too. "You all should work on getting some money together, because by tomorrow, you'll have all the Amber Leaves you could need!"

"...We don't need any, we just want three."

Shilx blinked a few times, his mojo vanishing as quickly as it came. He forgot that Machina children could just be… like this . Why were they so hard to impress? He would never know…

Just another reason to get out there, though. He was sure people outside their little village would be much more impressed by him and his plans. After all, they wouldn't have known him for countless numbers of years.

Ah, one day he would be like that Dickson chap. Travelling, trading, making his name known amongst the races of Bionis! He would just have to wait for that day, with bated breath. For now, the kids worked for practice at least.

He cleared his throat and finally spoke again. "Alright, I see… Well, I'll get you all three Amber Leaves you want in no time. I'll be wanting a good ten gold for that."

"Wow!" One of the other children spoke up. "Cheap… if you're the kid of the chief."

"Well, Menyx is with us, right? So I guess it makes sense…"

"I don't think it should be more than five gold, though." Menyx spoke up. "I don't get an allowance and we can't even work to help the village for gold…"

"Yeah! Make it cheaper!"

"Cheaper!"

Shilx groaned. Okay, maybe practicing on kids wasn't the best idea. Meyneth save him if this was the kind of crowd waiting for him outside of the Hidden Village… He wasn't sure he would be able to handle it.

But he had to try! He had big dreams, and he couldn't let some little kids make him give up on it!

"Alright, fine!" He crossed his arms. "I'll give you a child discount! Now, let's get this transaction underway…"