Normally these transactions were also prefaced by quite a bit of banter and camaraderie, testing each other out in terms of personality and possible trustworthiness, but this woman was very straight to the point.
"First time talking to someone like me?" he asked with a lopsided grin. "I'll give you a hint, most people will demand outrageous prices if you make statements like that." Not that he necessarily wouldn't, if he went through with this job. But he didn't have a habit of ripping people off, unlike many of the people he'd met working the market. "Don't beat 'round the bush, then. What's it you want?"