[The merchant's awkward chuckling grated on him, because he knew that there was something he really didn't want to hear coming up after it. Lo and behold, he muttered an "I can't". Rommath's brow twitched and he flexed his hand.]

Surely there is some way, you daft fool! I am not spending my valuable time magically chained to some bespeckled tuskless Orc!