[Walking besides him through the field of junk, she takes note of the variety within the heaps. Most looked tarnished and corroded, though strangely without smells of decomposed matter one might associate with a scrapyard.]

That system sounds effective, with the variety of people and cultures here. But do you think it's cheaper if I get parts from Scavengers instead of from the tradespeople? I am running out of solder wires.

You can pay me anytime. [She quoted the exact price of their lunch.] Or in solder wires.