"I don't tend to advertise my wares quite like this." He gestures to the tables around them to clarify his point, grinning all the while. "I've a small sign hanging by my door, but nothing else. My business grows by the generosity of my patrons telling others about my work, but today... I thought I could use a little walk about the Nexus today, and I'm so glad I did." There's a chance he never would have met Mari if he wasn't out on the Plaza with his makeshift bazaar and gods how awful a thought that is. This is turning out far too well for him to want to worry about something as tragic as that.

And she's single. That flirting door is so open and he's going to walk right through it. Grinning, he gestures to a small stack of patterned, synthetic fabrics and then carefully pulls one out for closer inspection.

"I think this one will make a perfect evening dress for a gallery viewing. If you'll allow me a minute to find the right sketchbook, I'd be glad to show you a design I have in mind that I think will look stunning on you." And, in truth, it will look amazing on her. The color of the pattern compliments her skin tone and the lovely shade of her hair, and if she doesn't care for it, he has several other patterned fabrics that would work just as well for the design he has in mind.