One of my players has a long-term project with 4 segments to get a mirror-eye cat’s corpse taxidermed (I named the clock “Caturdermy.”) She approaches Flint, the spirit trafficker.
“What do you know about taxidermy?” she asks innocently enough.
“It’s quicker than dating,” he replies with a leer, not missing a beat.
The party contemplated that for a long moment.
I love my NPCs.