[ Velvet definitely has terrible motives, but she admits to them and that she is a very selfish creature. So Xenk could never say anything about it that she hasn't already thought of.

She scoffs at those words. ]

Everything is all about getting home. This trinket could be an important artifact and you Paladins are just going to store it away somewhere. If it's dangerous even just to the user, you'll toss it behind lock and key.

[ A hand goes to her hip. ]

Even if it does nothing at all, handing this over to a client could mean I just gained a contact that would inform me of more important matters.