Bree listened extremely attentively as Evan spoke, knees crossed, elbows on the arm rests of the chair, fingers laced, eyes focused and ears up and forward in rapt attention. He wasn't talking overly quickly--or at least she had no difficulty keeping up--but the concepts were complex and heavy and only somewhat familiar to her.
"A night seems more than reasonable, if you think it safest," she agreed. She'd been expecting the trial stuff to be more like 15 minutes, but he was the expert here. Hopefully. He sure as hell sounded like one.
At the subject of allergies, her ears flicked back and down, her cheeks tinted red again. A visual reminder that she was a very young woman despite her confident positioning and relatively comfortable bartering with a damn fae. The embarrassment was silly, but reflexive. "Things that are toxic to dogs are also quite unhealthy for me," she admitted, not making eye contact. "Grapes, chocolate, onions, garlic. Other things, like caffeine and alcohol, I have to consume in limited amounts to avoid overwhelming my um... significantly smaller organs... when night hits. "Though they're not actually harmful to me in and of themselves. As for my dog form, it seems extra hardy for a f-" She paused, catching herself--she'd been about to say 'five pound dog.' Then gained a look of dawning horror as she realized this would obviously and definitely require him to see her as a dog. Like. Obviously? She'd just somehow assumed she could avoid it because she always had in the past. Til recently anyway.
Cheeks a flaming red, she cleared her throat. She'd cross that bridge when she came to it. "Again, not super comfortable with the level of trust this is requiring from me," she said. "I understand it on a practical level, but... I'm pretty sure you know how bad an idea 'give the nice and helpful pixie some of your hair' sounds to anyone with even the slightest knowledge of the sorts of people involved. I'm going to need your word you'll only use any 'essence samples...'" She paused, clearly thinking about her wording. "That I give you today or tomorrow," she amended. "For researching how to best and safely make this specific potion. And that you definitely will not keep any in any fashion after you're done using it for those specific research purposes, or give them to anyone else. I can always give you more later if you need it for other things." She almost shuddered at how creepy that sounded, in retrospect, but whatever, he was the one asking for her pee.
Human for a night, dog for a day. That seemed fair. Not ideal, but fair. There were times she could really use a night of humanity. Even if it meant a day of doggy-dom. And it could be a good way to find out if Evan Jackson was even slightly trustworthy.
"Alright," she said with a sigh. "This sounds relatively reasonable so far. Relatively." Relative to the fact she'd come here to beat library books out of a witch and was now bartering for magic potions from a faery. "We'll start with the samples, and then--I suppose--an observation period." She grimaced. "Which we should probably do at my apartment." Which was in Old Town and very close to Jean's house, so if he was trouble or tried to hurt her, she'd have the kind of backup you only got from selling your dignity and first kiss to a powerful immortal. "But I noticed you haven't mentioned what you want out of this," she added archly. "You might as well get it out of the way before we bother planning anything else." It was fairly likely he'd ask for something she wasn't willing to give. Jean never did, somehow, although he always asked for something she didn't want to give. But that wasn't hard. Before a week or so ago, she'd never wanted to give him anything other than a swift uppercut. She felt similarly about Evan.
Hopefully she wouldn't wind up needing to kiss him. Her poor dignity could only take so much. No, chances were he'd want something else... Something nefarious and fae-esque maybe.
"A night seems more than reasonable, if you think it safest," she agreed. She'd been expecting the trial stuff to be more like 15 minutes, but he was the expert here. Hopefully. He sure as hell sounded like one.
At the subject of allergies, her ears flicked back and down, her cheeks tinted red again. A visual reminder that she was a very young woman despite her confident positioning and relatively comfortable bartering with a damn fae. The embarrassment was silly, but reflexive. "Things that are toxic to dogs are also quite unhealthy for me," she admitted, not making eye contact. "Grapes, chocolate, onions, garlic. Other things, like caffeine and alcohol, I have to consume in limited amounts to avoid overwhelming my um... significantly smaller organs... when night hits. "Though they're not actually harmful to me in and of themselves. As for my dog form, it seems extra hardy for a f-" She paused, catching herself--she'd been about to say 'five pound dog.' Then gained a look of dawning horror as she realized this would obviously and definitely require him to see her as a dog. Like. Obviously? She'd just somehow assumed she could avoid it because she always had in the past. Til recently anyway.
Cheeks a flaming red, she cleared her throat. She'd cross that bridge when she came to it. "Again, not super comfortable with the level of trust this is requiring from me," she said. "I understand it on a practical level, but... I'm pretty sure you know how bad an idea 'give the nice and helpful pixie some of your hair' sounds to anyone with even the slightest knowledge of the sorts of people involved. I'm going to need your word you'll only use any 'essence samples...'" She paused, clearly thinking about her wording. "That I give you today or tomorrow," she amended. "For researching how to best and safely make this specific potion. And that you definitely will not keep any in any fashion after you're done using it for those specific research purposes, or give them to anyone else. I can always give you more later if you need it for other things." She almost shuddered at how creepy that sounded, in retrospect, but whatever, he was the one asking for her pee.
Human for a night, dog for a day. That seemed fair. Not ideal, but fair. There were times she could really use a night of humanity. Even if it meant a day of doggy-dom. And it could be a good way to find out if Evan Jackson was even slightly trustworthy.
"Alright," she said with a sigh. "This sounds relatively reasonable so far. Relatively." Relative to the fact she'd come here to beat library books out of a witch and was now bartering for magic potions from a faery. "We'll start with the samples, and then--I suppose--an observation period." She grimaced. "Which we should probably do at my apartment." Which was in Old Town and very close to Jean's house, so if he was trouble or tried to hurt her, she'd have the kind of backup you only got from selling your dignity and first kiss to a powerful immortal. "But I noticed you haven't mentioned what you want out of this," she added archly. "You might as well get it out of the way before we bother planning anything else." It was fairly likely he'd ask for something she wasn't willing to give. Jean never did, somehow, although he always asked for something she didn't want to give. But that wasn't hard. Before a week or so ago, she'd never wanted to give him anything other than a swift uppercut. She felt similarly about Evan.
Hopefully she wouldn't wind up needing to kiss him. Her poor dignity could only take so much. No, chances were he'd want something else... Something nefarious and fae-esque maybe.
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