You know, normal people make pre-arrangements for this sort of meeting. You can't just ring me up mentally and expect me to be available... What if I was with Henry or something?

[sip.

She hopes this will make him think twice about using the rod to contact her. As much as she makes it sound inconvenient, it's really just uncomfortable. That voice echoing in her mind... it sharply reminds her of the reason not to accept the deal. Though regardless of that, it would have been impossible to forget their shady history. It had already been considered at length.]

... I do have some time in an hour.