[ Xenk lives to ruin people's "fun," when that fun is thievery!! Selfish thievery, anyway. If you steal for the right cause, he can turn a blind eye. Ish. It's fine. ]

You steal nothing that is freely given.

[ Dead serious, he is bad at metaphors and also maybe he's continuing his point about people are nice, if you ask, they will give you things. Ah, paladins. ]

Indeed. I dug out a chest using one of several shovels that had been left out for us. It seems the local populace would rather we be reunited with our belongings. Certainly, the sooner we find all of our things, the sooner their beaches can return to their normal states.