@"Evelyn"
Tazhee let the girl's mind work. She could tell herself a thousand horrible tales - and they might still not come close to what would happen. It all depended on his eventual flippant decision, and there might as well be literal smoke seeping out of her head for all the worrying would really do her.
Well, it was putting him in a better mood. An entertaining hunt tended to do that.
He wasn't expecting her offer, and his ears twitched. Hunt or business? The hunt was a matter of business... and he was enjoying this hunt... and he was almost to a scheduled feeding day...
"You have enough fans to make it worthwhile, and yet you live in a shabby hole near the docks?" Even if the girl couldn't see his raised eyebrow it was evident in his voice, dry and mocking. He stepped closer. "And you expect to convince me to take a chance on you with that."
Tazhee let the girl's mind work. She could tell herself a thousand horrible tales - and they might still not come close to what would happen. It all depended on his eventual flippant decision, and there might as well be literal smoke seeping out of her head for all the worrying would really do her.
Well, it was putting him in a better mood. An entertaining hunt tended to do that.
He wasn't expecting her offer, and his ears twitched. Hunt or business? The hunt was a matter of business... and he was enjoying this hunt... and he was almost to a scheduled feeding day...
"You have enough fans to make it worthwhile, and yet you live in a shabby hole near the docks?" Even if the girl couldn't see his raised eyebrow it was evident in his voice, dry and mocking. He stepped closer. "And you expect to convince me to take a chance on you with that."