Athessa glances sidelong at him, appraising how he seems now compared to...every other time she sees him.

"You sure know a lot about cloth," she says, sounding kind of impressed. But only kind of. "And negotiating."

She doesn't think she has to point out that she would've had to haggle the merchant down from an even bigger markup if Benedict weren't here. Though it comes at the price of people assuming she's his servant.