The elf tips a crooked grin; her ears, sticking out of tailored holes in her hood, wiggle gently. "I sure hope so, damn bones cost as much as expanding my house, and that's before the spell components." She offers a hand to shake; it's calloused in the manner of a swordsman or tradesman, not dissimilar to the kind Leon himself might have if RE4 Remake ever showed his palms on camera.

The narrator isn't weirdly bitter or anything though.

Right, the handshake: "River la Croix, necromancer and blacksmith. Sorry for the fright, Mister...?"