[Nightmaren]

"Matthew, then? A pleasure to meet you." He said, with a light voice, as he watched the other pick up the small charm. "That is something made in various sea ports, as an ancient tradition to try to keep the sailors safe. Not really used in booming ports like this often, though." He shrugged lightly, brows furrowing faintly.

"Hard to remember some of them. This;" He said, picking up a brass statue, of a lizard with spines and a lion's head and feet, and feathers of a bird as a mane. "This is something that was dug up in the ground. Probably some ancient god or something." He said, wiping off dirt from the bared fangs of the beast. "These are found from all over, some modern charms, some old and forgotten things."

(Sorry. I was dragged elsewhere for awhile, and didn't bring my laptop. v.vi)