Cover your costs? But I barely have any money! That's why I get involved in this mess in the first place. Oh, gods, I don't have much of a choice, do I? Very well, here's 80 septims. It's what I was selling the coherer for, so I suppose that's fair.

Thank you! Oh, thank you. Any IAS expert will see right through these replicas. These forgeries, I should say. It's time for me to be honest about things.

Because I care far too much about Dwemer research to actually sell off their relics! This is my life's work. I know! Go to the Imperial Archaeological Society office in Helnim. There's bound to be an expert there who can confirm that this coherer is just a replica.

No, please. They're fakes. That's all they are. Just junk. I didn't hurt anyone. I won't survive in prison. Oh gods, help me, please!

Are you serious? You don't even have any proof! Get out of my sight!

What? You're with the Company? No, no, please believe me, I'm not selling actual Dwemer artifacts! They're just cheap replicas I got from a pawnbroker. Most people on the black market don't know the first thing about the Dwemer, so I've been selling them off. Please, my salary's quite meager. No one's being hurt by it. Selling these relics doesn't impact our research, nor does it hurt the EEC. It's harmless.