Kai counted the coins out and handed them over. The man stared at them, checking both sides. ‘Where’d you get these? That’s King 'eggard stamped in the middle. E’s been dead for at least a 'undred and twenty years!’
‘Really?’ Xanna said, glancing over at Kai. ‘I knew Grandfather Heen was old, but not that old.’ He shrugged back at her; he’d had no idea of the old man’s true age either.
‘Who’s Grandfather 'een?’ the man asked, stroking his chin. ‘Some kind of merchant?'
‘Merchant?’ Xanna said, raising her eyebrow. ‘No, no. He is our grandfather, though for some reason all of our people refer to him that way. He ran away from Earthias once when he was young and spent several years out here in the human world. The coins we have are what he brought back with him from that time.’
‘Oh, I see
