He nods. "You could probably get away with feigning a bit more primness," he suggests. "It'd make it look plausible if you folded your hands in your lap. The important thing is that the stone is recoverable, though." A wry little smile. "Some will demand to see under all three shells, and you should be ready to slip the stone back under a different shell. I had my arm broken once over being a bit too slow."
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