"Oh no! I couldn't!" Aly dithers, despite the fact that she not only holds the wallet, she plucks out the cash with a little sleight of hand.

"I have to stay and see that you're all right!"

Around her neck, she can feel Trick stirring, listening, and quite likely feeding all of that information to Secret with Daine. It's not even close to the network of spies she's commanded in Rajmuat, but she'll never be ungrateful for the Darking that lives around her neck in the disguise of a bead necklace.

"Please?"