"A...hammer?" Amaya was giving you quite the look, Quark, because who didn't know the proper term for a bangy thing? In a way, though, it filled her with a sudden sense of purpose. Obviously, this poor strangely-eared space fellow needed her.

Bangy thing, indeed!

And then her face twisted with uncertainty as she truly considered the tool. "It sounds...efficient," she said. "I like that. But it also sounds like it sucks all the fun out of the whole process...."

Her intrigue about the fascinating technologies of this world and beyond was winning out, but not before her wallet had a say. And she couldn't help wondering if they'd ever have a conversation that wasn't mostly negotiation.

Probably not.

"How much to rent it?" she tentatively ventured.