While the shopkeeper showed no signs of being deterred - and maybe a few of being offended - Bruno stepped in at this point. "My apologies. While my friend is a bit brusque, he is correct, we do have things to be taking care of. If you'll pardon us for the time being, we'll do our best to make our way back through when our obligations are taken care of." His tone is firm, but cordial, and it does a well enough job to get the shopkeep to back off.

Once their path is clear again and they can carry on, his shoulders droop some. "Even on other worlds, pushy merchants are the same."