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Originally Posted by cicero
Well, if it helps, I guess I should have been more clear. I'm saying that I know Amarti hasn't technically done anything wrong, just that his actions do not exactly invite admiration. Leaves a bad taste in my mouth, to paraphrase someone else. Amarti is rubbing Lawrence's face in it, for the sheer wantonness of it. Even Lawrence only egged him on to get him to take the deal, and left him alone after that. Yes, Lawrence shouldn't be letting himself be rattled, but Amarti isn't behaving at all like the knight he imagines himself to be.
Think back to Horo and Lawrence's conversation about the difference between childish and manly actions. How is Amarti acting? He's blowing large sums of cash (given low liquidity, the sums involved, and the time period, 10% exchange fee is conservative) just so he can feel cool talking to Lawrence. There's a meaningful difference between what he and Lawrence did. Lawrence behaved like a douche in order to bait Amarti into accepting a deal. Amarti is doing it...to look cool. And losing money doing it. If it were just about rattling lawrence and making him lose his cool, then just bringing Horo was enough..
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Amarti didn't do it to look cool, he did it because a gold coin is harder to spend than silver coins. He knows exactly what Lawrence is up to and is trying to make it harder for him. It wasn't to look cool, or show off, it was to make it harder for Lawrence to buy the pyrite in small quanities from various merchants like he was planning. Think of it this way, if someone owns you $500, and they pay it back in hundred dollar bills instead of 20 dollar bills, you're not going to be able to buy a can of soda from the convienence store on the corner because they probably won't be able to make change. That's why Lawrence was so shocked, it makes what he's trying to do that much harder.