[It helps take some of the edge off his tension, that little squeeze, and his smile is a tiny bit more genuine as he starts bustling around to set a kettle on the stove.]

Turns out when gold isn't your main currency, it goes a hell of a lot further. [It's rarer here, and they use credits and paper cash, so the loose gold change he had with him has served him fairly well.] I am sharing it, if you see a grumpy teenage girl that's Ellie. She's a lot like Lup.

[The connection had been made later, for Taako, but now his fondness for Ellie makes a lot more sense.]