"I don't suppose you'd be willing to part with your staff..." Schön drawls, raising a brow. From a pocket, he draws a crystal, and with a touch coaxes a soft glow from it. "I shall offer you a bargain: tell me who you are, and where you are from, in as much detail as you like. Everything before the first lie, I shall count as payment, and tell you of this place in turn." The crystal is magic; at the first lie told in its vicinity, the glow will go out.