Gurmok finds this matter-of-fact description of what happened to the caravan astounding. He's encountered some exotic people and customs in his travels around the Inner Sea, but this... "Pardon me, Msitress Alanna. But this strikes me as a very disorderly and wasteful fashion of doing business. Many die, money is exchanged for the freedom of survivors. Only the criminals profit. Can't the city's authorities correct this state of affairs?"