The circlet of vines was as finely wrought as anything a Durast might have crafted though of course, they would have had to have started with the gold already present. Grisha could only manipulate what was already there, not change the nature of things. Well - not without using merzost and as Aleksander was well aware, that had its own set of problems.

"Very beautiful," he said. "I will treasure it - and probably come back to ask you for some help with the gold. I find the Mansion likes to be difficult if I ask it for something."