[sansa's smile is bittersweet. she, too, has a sister a little younger than her, and they look nothing alike. her remaining older brother doesn't look much like her either. but she brightens immediately when he mentions he's a vileblood. there is a quantity of vileblood in a pretty container threaded through the strap of her wide leather belt.]

Oh! I'm a paleblood. Vileblood is very useful to us. I carry some to stop the itching we seem to have this month. My friend and I were discussing making vile bloodstones for palebloods to carry, it would be well if you could help us with that. I could pay you...

[she fishes one of the pale bloodstone beads she carries as coin from a small coinpurse on the other side of her belt and offers it to him.]

in pale bloodstones, if it would help you at all. But my hound does need to eat blood pollution, so I would appreciate any help you could provide there, as well. I shouldn't take any of your hope residue, as it would only be depriving him of a meal. Allen was collecting it too, last month, although I think he gave some of it to Viktor, for experiments.