Merchant: Mercury, Sulfur, and Precious Gems! Perfect resources that will bring you victory! Buy one and get two free!
Knight: Poor fellow, your trinkets are worthless.
Necromancer girl: Crystals are the sacred blood of dragons, all we need to strengthen our armies and improve our towns.
Orc: Crystal shiny, crystal good!
Merchant: Fools! Alternative resources are the future; in a few centuries, when your crystal supplies run dry, you will come back to me again.