Whistler

"One hand washes the other."

Whistler asks the Hero for a favor: buy a broadsword with fancy ornaments from a peddler named Fisk, who won't sell directly to Whistler over some argument he won't elaborate on. He hands over a hundred nuggets for the purchase, warns the Hero not to mention who sent him, and notes that running off with the ore instead would be unwise, since "the Colony is a small place, and I know mean bastards everywhere."

If the price turns out to be higher than expected, Whistler grudgingly covers the difference; if the deal falls through entirely, he angrily calls the Hero a bloody idiot and demands his nuggets back. When the Hero succeeds, Whistler is satisfied, echoing that one hand washes the other, and promises to speak well of him when Diego asks. If the Hero takes too long returning after taking the nuggets, Whistler instead greets him with open hostility, accusing him of trying to "take me nuggets and leg it."