[ 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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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.