The days in Arra-kiss were much longer than Lex was used to. It took nearly 30 hours for the sun to finally set from the point where Lex first saw it, and during this period many interesting things happened.
As it turns out, giving out rare, valuable free things is a very good way to get people to do stuff. Of course, doing a demo of said item was even more convincing.
So when all the guests were hesitating about entering, as if doubtful about the validity of the actual prize, Lex had two random workers demonstrate the talisman for them. That was, in no way shape or form a threatening deterrent for the faroff Empire forces who were secretly observing the Treehouse. A decent tavern doesn't do things like this.
