It was and Temari still felt mildly annoyed that she'd let the bauble escape her, but at the time she hadn't been in need of a decorative or even a new weapon, and thus it had remained at the stand. Her only hope was that whoever had ended up purchasing it, knew what to do with it. It had the craftsmanship to make an excellent weapon in a pinch.

"I don't get out to Konoha as often as I like, and I don't think he stops where I could easily frequent." Not that it's particularly important, nor has she made a point in searching him out in Suna's market either. She didn't have a great deal of use for most common trinkets that the merchants sold.

Temari glanced between the two a moment, getting the sense that the girl seemed to be setting her up. Perhaps she was a plant for the merchant masquerading as a kunoichi of the Leaf. She wouldn't be entirely surprised if the merchant used such a ruse to increase his profit margins in the shinobi villages. "Perhaps I'll try my hand if he and it are still here when it's time for me to leave again."