[Varian's hand stays firmly in the other boy's, but his thumb does shift to brush lazily across the edge of Fern's. ]

Yeah? It sounds like you guys have got a pretty good business idea to run from. I'm sure if there's one thing people need here, it's weapons. Why not give them fancy ones?

[After a little more browsing (and grabbing some apples for Ruddiger), he leads Fern back off towards the canals, still clearly very pleased. Fern did a great job with a date idea here, clearly. ]

I had a good time, this was really nice.