"Still awake, I see." he says blandly, not even looking up, or he may lose count. "I've had a bit of a think about it. Youre the one that offered the illusion, and we used that illusion to get this room. Without the illusion, even if i leave, I cant come back. SO, I wont leave. It will be...unpleasant, to not be able to eat for the rest of the night. But your capriciousness will have consequences. Just like this."

Clink. Clink. Clink. 

"Its either that, or I take the money and leave. You may have saved my life, but I also saved yours. And I dont deserve to be trapped like this and growled at for your mistakes."