He grinned, a crooked curl with teeth. His eyes paled in proportion with the flush on her face. He leaned a little closer to her, the illusion of being discreet. "I do not want to presume," he said. "But I think perhaps you have concerns?" He lifted his cane to tuck it under his arm, giving him the use of both hands. He tapped together the tips of his index fingers from both hands. "If a donkey finds his way onto a mare, she rewards him with a mule, n'est-ce pas? Mais, if a unicorn catches a goat… ah. It is not necessarily a good day for the goat, what with the horn." He curled one index finger around the other and stroked it in a suggestive gesture. "But once the deed is done, she will have no unicorns inside her unless he catches her again." He spun his wrists and uncurled all his fingers to reveal empty hands. "Yes?"
He looked her over again. Something in the taste of her, the aura, that marked her as fair game despite her being ill-prepared. Too small, too faint, too weak. Just enough of something else to draw the wrong kind of attention.
"I do not know how long you will be in this city, souris, but, ah. It is the ones who howl at the moon, with eyes like cats, that need concern you in such matters. And humans, of course, but you know this. The ones with sharp ears and silver tongues, it is usual that they must ask first, though they may trick you into saying yes. Stay away from pretty houses in Brighton, and people prettier than people should be. Sulfurous ones are easier to refuse. As for night walkers, stone and otherwise – they are not alive. It is only the living that could use you in this particular way, and you should be safe from them in Old Town."
Knowledge was power, as they said.
"I still have those books, if you would like to know more," he said. "When I say trades, I do not mean things. I have quite enough things, as you can see. I prefer, one might say, experiences. Of a sort."
He looked her over again. Something in the taste of her, the aura, that marked her as fair game despite her being ill-prepared. Too small, too faint, too weak. Just enough of something else to draw the wrong kind of attention.
"I do not know how long you will be in this city, souris, but, ah. It is the ones who howl at the moon, with eyes like cats, that need concern you in such matters. And humans, of course, but you know this. The ones with sharp ears and silver tongues, it is usual that they must ask first, though they may trick you into saying yes. Stay away from pretty houses in Brighton, and people prettier than people should be. Sulfurous ones are easier to refuse. As for night walkers, stone and otherwise – they are not alive. It is only the living that could use you in this particular way, and you should be safe from them in Old Town."
Knowledge was power, as they said.
"I still have those books, if you would like to know more," he said. "When I say trades, I do not mean things. I have quite enough things, as you can see. I prefer, one might say, experiences. Of a sort."
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