[You can almost hear the cash register ding in Sinclair's mind when he sees that many baubles the banshee of a woman was carrying around. That's at least a few thousand dollars! Then again gems don't have the same value here as they did in thwir respective words.

And then she starts screaming and backing away. Gus made an exasperated sound of his own and lowered the many spines and barbs along his arms and body]

See? All gone though if y'all keep hollerin' yer gonna attract a lot more than just monsters.