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Keeping a few steps' distance with the goblin, since he didn't really want to be face-to-nose with her in case she took a sharp turn, the fifteen year old followed her, head high,without any worry... almost. He was a little concerned about being enclosed with a FEMALE goblin, but she wouldn't hurt him, right? She would at most yell a little, and that was predictable... he'd yell back, totally unashamedof being 'only' fifteen, since he was looking out for his right. They probably wouldn't give those five galleons back, because they were goblins, but he could always try.
Still standing a little away from the sick goblin, he peeked inside as she explained why they were here. He winced a little at the he feels we are robbing him part, but at least it was the plain truth. Letting her out, he offered a smile a the director and waited for her to talk, since his point was already delivered.
She was being direct. Good. That meant they could be done here faster. He sat down as ordered offered and tried not to fret over the unhappy look of the director. It wasn't his problem if they didn't want any further inconvenience or complaints about their comissions.
"I think five galleons for a simple work is too much," he said directly, looking ino her eyes. "Even the broker to the second degree in Muggle world doesn't charge of that much." Yes, he was comparing the two worlds, because they were living on the same earth and the wizards were supposed to be better than Muggles.
Good he followed a simple command, that was one thing. She rolled her eyes,
"You wizards think you know so much." she snorted in contempt.
"A simple work?" she asked with venom in her voice.
"So I suppose you think the constant mining of gold. The constant smelting, shaping, cooling, stamping is simple. And then I suppose you think the thousands of pounds of foreign muggle money we have to deal with and send back to muggle banks is simple work? All you see us the goblins at the ledger. You never think about the time and energy we put in behind the scenes." She was in a foul mood and this wizard was not helping matter.
She slammed her hand on the desk.
"Gold is a commodity. Not paper money. A muggle commodities broker would take anywhere from 15 to 20% per transaction for the work we do." She stopped and took a breath. She just hated his condescending tone.
"And if you haven't noticed, the price of gold has risen with the credit change in the United States and the European Union. So if you think our fees are too high you are welcome to bank somewhere else." She told him as she leaned back in her chair.
Good luck finding another gringotts with lower fees.