"Before that, can you check this?" Adyr asked as he pulled the Null Maggot from his belt. He wanted to get a sense of its general value.
"Hmm." The goat-man stroked his beard again, eyeing the Spark's shell from a distance. Its color had clearly faded from hunger.
"You're not taking good care of your Sparks, are you?" He said, raising an eyebrow with mild irritation. The Aqualith and Hollow Mimic he'd just sold had been in similar condition.
"I just don't have the means right now," Adyr admitted. He knew it was his fault, but there wasn't much he could do. Sparks were a practitioner's most valuable assets, and he understood their importance. Still, in his current state, it felt like handing an expensive toy to a child and expecting it to stay intact.
