[ and here's the thing — he's not a selfless kind of guy. he's not the type to help people just for the hell of it. and yet, when she asks, that is the only answer he has to give. ]
[ right. this is how she operates — in things given and received, favours owed and collected. as if he'd hold her to owe him something, over this. ]
A favour. For a time when I am the one in need of your help. Only something equivalent to what I am agreeing to, of course... your presence, in other words. When I ask for it.
[ It is how she was raised, fae and elf both, and what she expects from others. There is never any guarantee of kindness in any world, not this or her own.
A favour feels a threat, but... He clarifies, and it is fair. ]
[ yes, he clarifies; a favour on its own is too broad a term, and he certainly would never agree. he doubts she would, either. but this? this, a favour bound into the connection that exists between the two of them... that is alright. ]
Then... when and where do you need me?
[ he assumes she has asked not for the distant future, but sooner. ]
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Help you? Well, yes. Of course.
[ and here's the thing — he's not a selfless kind of guy. he's not the type to help people just for the hell of it. and yet, when she asks, that is the only answer he has to give. ]
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It's not really a hardship.
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A favour. For a time when I am the one in need of your help. Only something equivalent to what I am agreeing to, of course... your presence, in other words. When I ask for it.
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A favour feels a threat, but... He clarifies, and it is fair. ]
i accept. a favour, in return for my own ask.
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Then... when and where do you need me?
[ he assumes she has asked not for the distant future, but sooner. ]
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soon. as soon as you are able.