"I'll answer that after I make something clear: no amount of money you can offer is going to be worth a life, myself or someone else's. I'm offering what my people might call a medial favor - a season's worth of annoying labor, f'rinstance, delivering something through dangerous territory, punch out a bear and bring you the bear, that kinda thing. Is there an understanding between us on this, Erik?"

As for the shape of peace...

Well. Erin had expected a different shape of peace when she was given a community too, once.