Uh oh... Being a sorta con-man Ferio was familiar with that look. It was usually the kind of look a villager leveled on you just before than ran you out of town. He knew he had messed up some how so... he smiled warmly just as if nothing was wrong at all.

"Well uh... do you really want to talk about cogging sockets out here in the woods? Why don't we walk into town? We can talk more over a hot drink."