Mmm...to be perfectly honest with you, I would be more than happy to do this for you for free. Finding shells here isn't a particularly difficult task, and that's only if you need them for something. Working with metal and machinery has long since been a passion and hobby of mine, so you giving me a project to work on merely fuels that.

[He brushes some of his hair out of his eyes, smirking.]

But you seem like the polite sort to insist you pay me somehow, so the shells will suffice. Truly, the look on your face when I deliver the finished product will be worth far more.