"I give you my word that no living creature has been harmed in the production of the packages's contents," Evan said drily. "I will further say that I doubt you would find the contents of the package objectionable, though I won't tell you what's in it, so that's an assumption on my part."
She was red again. Mortals were oddly modest about so many things, why was she embarrassed now? "I'm sure you can collect the sample yourself," he assured her. "That's not why I'm insisting on an observation period. I can see magic; that's how I saw your curse. I'd like to see if there's a change in the visible expression of your curse when you're in that cursed form."
Evan's reassurances weren't working. Miss Bridget was shaking a bit now; she put on a brave face, but Evan knew a facade when he saw one.
The things I do for alchemy, he mused as he reached into a side drawer. He slashed the pocketknife across the back of his wrist and let a drop of blood fall onto the large red stone holding down papers on his desk. Evan let his voice drop a little deeper, affecting a serious sort of monotone: "I swear that, while in my company, no harm will befall you that I am capable of preventing. Furthermore, I will not enter your abode without your explicit permission, from now into the future."
As he finished, he sent a tiny wisp of power into the stone, which caused the blood to flash into a satisfying puff of smoke. He wiped the pocketknife and his arm with an antiseptic wipe, tucking it away quickly, and looked up at Bree. "Will that satisfy you for now?"
It was all theatrics of course; the blood didn't make his promises any more binding than they already were. But mortals liked a bit of sparkle in their magic, and what was a few drops of blood if it meant they could move on from this tiresome dancing around.
She was red again. Mortals were oddly modest about so many things, why was she embarrassed now? "I'm sure you can collect the sample yourself," he assured her. "That's not why I'm insisting on an observation period. I can see magic; that's how I saw your curse. I'd like to see if there's a change in the visible expression of your curse when you're in that cursed form."
Evan's reassurances weren't working. Miss Bridget was shaking a bit now; she put on a brave face, but Evan knew a facade when he saw one.
The things I do for alchemy, he mused as he reached into a side drawer. He slashed the pocketknife across the back of his wrist and let a drop of blood fall onto the large red stone holding down papers on his desk. Evan let his voice drop a little deeper, affecting a serious sort of monotone: "I swear that, while in my company, no harm will befall you that I am capable of preventing. Furthermore, I will not enter your abode without your explicit permission, from now into the future."
As he finished, he sent a tiny wisp of power into the stone, which caused the blood to flash into a satisfying puff of smoke. He wiped the pocketknife and his arm with an antiseptic wipe, tucking it away quickly, and looked up at Bree. "Will that satisfy you for now?"
It was all theatrics of course; the blood didn't make his promises any more binding than they already were. But mortals liked a bit of sparkle in their magic, and what was a few drops of blood if it meant they could move on from this tiresome dancing around.
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