We'd also sell someone a small bowl and show them a copper piece turning to silver so they'd pay a lot for it, and tell them they needed a unique focus word that they had to think about all day. Then we'd take the money and use it and leave town before they realized it didn't work.

Nott and I had a number of scams and tricks like that. Some code words, too. 'Modern literature' means she's to shoot me in the chest where I keep one of my books, usually as a distraction.