Rosewater Oasis Goodbye, sweet things

His eyes sparkled. "Then clearly, you know more then you let on." He replied. Perhaps she'd been testing him, and had found him wanting. His aim, of course, had been to persuade her to go a bit further from his claim, from where he wanted to search for gemstones...But at least he'd managed to wrangle some information from her. He hadn't expected to find turquoise easily- but she seemed to imply there was some nearby. He'd keep that tidbit of information in his searches. He guessed, as well, that she might live in a sheltered place- somewhere that the earth gave away to show years and years of rock formations...It might be easier to find her homeplace than he'd originally thought. 

Finding out about her culture and her faith was of less interest, though he was willing to wager that it was something she liked to talk about. He'd feed the dog a bone, if it meant being granted a better reputation. "How do you do so? A shrine, you say...Any particular stones? Rituals? Sacrifices?" he asked.