[Anders' eyebrows raise at the sudden arrival of an accomplice in this petty show, but after a brief glance over his shoulder and the slight twitch of a grin that he flattens hastily into grim seriousness, he shakes his head in abject pity. This poor stranger, so unawares...]

You see? Pity. [This he says to the local, gesturing at Gu Yun as if to say look, someone else knows these runes, I am Not Bullshitting You. Perfect crime.] If only something could have been done.

[The man trying to peddle this book looks, now, actually kind of nervous, being grifted by two total clowns. Anders shuts the book and considers.]

It's too late to make an appropriate offering, and I imagine you aren't interested in dancing naked through the square to ward off demons, but I suppose there is always... that...

[And he looks at Gu Yun significantly, like, tell us what that is.]