[ He peers at the amethysts with interest. Perhaps he is a tiny bit biased, but he does adore the colour. ]

I may have to make a trip of my own sometime then. I would have thought them more difficult to find.

[ With his workspace cleared, he now brings out the container where he's been saving all the gold pieces that have been rendered useless in the course of his work. Easy fodder for alchemists like them to reshape. ]

What do you hope to create from these stones?