By the time Ashton and Anna reached the city, the gold water mercenaries had already disappeared. Kern had to be in a hurry to deliver the staff to whoever was paying him. Ashton felt nothing while selling the artefact to Kern, but now he felt a bit bad for him.
After all, based on the person he was dealing with, trying to pass off a counterfeit might cost Kern dearly. He might even have to give up on his life altogether.
'There's no point thinking about things that are out of my control.'
[According to that logic, you should stop thinking altogether.]
'Nah, who will keep roasting you if I did that?'
[I'm more than capable of doing it myself.]
'Self-burn, those are rare nowadays.'
[Yeah, yeah, just get off this planet now. I don't like this place one bit.]
