A Princess's Use

"Lex, what exactly are you implying right now?"

Frostbloom's expression had gone somewhere between scandalized and delighted. "'Too much to take'? 'Can't finish it all'? I'm going to need you to hear yourself."

Alexis caught up with what she'd actually said half a second too late. Heat rushed straight into her face, and she swatted at Frostbloom's arm without any real force behind it.

"Get your mind out of the gutter. I meant the gear. There's too much of it I can't afford to buy all of it."

Ever since the merge, everyone on the server had learned the same lesson at the same time: gold wasn't just gold anymore.

Nobody was selling coin for cash these days, not when that same coin could buy back years of a life.

Alexis's usual method throwing real money at the problem until it went away simply didn't work anymore.