Graham handed over a Magic Stone Bag as a meeting gift, but Lynch still didn't accept it, even though he knew it contained thousands, maybe even tens of thousands of Magic Stones.
The main issue was that this person didn't seem very reliable.
Lynch thought it best to remain cautious when dealing with unreliable people. Better not to grow too close, lest anything happen in the future and drag him into trouble. After all, people like this were often useless at everything except stirring up trouble.
But Graham seemed determined to befriend him. He looked like someone who wouldn't leave unless Lynch accepted his gift.
With no other choice, Lynch symbolically selected an item from this small mountain of resources and equipment. It was a Biological Culture Dish, something that could come in handy for experiments. Its price wasn't particularly high, probably only worth about a hundred Magic Stones, making it an appropriately modest meeting gift.
