[She takes the offered hand, because it's polite and expected to do so and she is nothing if not a bunch of scripts running in conjuncture with each other.]

She is! I've never seen a finer ship. I'm so glad you were agreeable with the Merchant to give us passage on it.

If there's a way to repay you, do let me know. I'm not sure what the Merchant is paying you and I cannot hope to match it, but I can do my best to help somehow.