[South has her hands clasped protectively around her beer, not so much because she thinks he's going to take it, but letting it serve as a grounding reminder that she's free now to do what she wants.]
[That doesn't stop the nervousness from flooding her senses. She stares at him, for a moment thinking about the fact that, according to popular rumor, he's the force behind everything that went wrong.]
[She shakes her head and glances at her hands for a moment. Nope, it doesn't make this any easier.] Well. I can pay ya for it. Like a monthly fee or a downpayment, money or intel.
[She wasn't good at bargaining, and although she didn't feel it was an ideal plan on her part, it was the best she could come up with. She could wish up money easily enough, and there were always suspicious types wandering around that she wouldn't mind him getting his meathooks into, so long as he left her and North alone.]
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[That doesn't stop the nervousness from flooding her senses. She stares at him, for a moment thinking about the fact that, according to popular rumor, he's the force behind everything that went wrong.]
[She shakes her head and glances at her hands for a moment. Nope, it doesn't make this any easier.] Well. I can pay ya for it. Like a monthly fee or a downpayment, money or intel.
[She wasn't good at bargaining, and although she didn't feel it was an ideal plan on her part, it was the best she could come up with. She could wish up money easily enough, and there were always suspicious types wandering around that she wouldn't mind him getting his meathooks into, so long as he left her and North alone.]