[Leave him alone, he's got this. So he wiggles his hand a bit to gesture for Dirk to hand over the pot, and once it's in his hand he's going to pause for a moment to think about what else is in his Sylladex. Eventually out pops a cheap kind of MP3 player and John grins, holding both items up to the Palai he's bartering with before he waits.

...yeah, those two items are definitely getting fused, and now when John presses on the pot's nose music comes out of its mouth. This is probably worse but he holds it up, looking proud of his handiwork.]

This is probably even cooler than ocean sounds because it has words and can play more than one sound. Should be a good enough trade, don't you think?