[Val's hearing and comprehension is selective, but not arbitrarily so. His eye narrow as he inwardly deduces what methods might gain that certainty of which she speaks.]

No bribe that would harm any dogs, if that were to be of any concern. Money is the universal currency. Mages are, I think, used to little of it--that is the impression that I get from them--but they did come of circumstances before, so perhaps less impressive to certain of their number.

Perhaps instead... Well, he is Nevarran. We could find him a skull. Not the Skull, it is quite its own. But a different skull, a good one.