"When I have it to trade, at any rate." No sense being boy about that, though he knew what Loki was referring to. "That's a deal in itself; it need not always be complicated." It would be interesting to be in a setting where the gold itself could not be used as currency, if he could ever get it to work again.

Had he perhaps tried once or twice at the wheel since getting here?

It had to be similar to the magic gifted him when he gained the ability to transform. Changing himself and changing something else were merely a difference in target. He would simply have to keep practicing until he better understood the feel of that particular spell.

Surely that was the key to finding his way back to that particular talent.

"And we cannot all charm the customers as you do."

Not that he was unpleasant to anyone, or had failed to demonstrate his own flair when tailoring. But what others might view as charming on his part he just took for professionalism.

Chalk that up to a lifetime of being appreciated for your craft, while being simultaneously disliked and eschewed. You got used to the necessity of your abilities being what bought you a modicum of civility from people.