His mind returned to the time when he was still being educated in high school. His foster father made sure he went to a good school, not to embarrassing the family name. And the “high school student” mask proved to be quite helpful – letting him deal with Nikolai’s dealing without having to worry about being in the center of attention. But only back then did people call him “Aleks”, those few that considered him their friend. It always took him by surprise back then, how naive people really were. Whenever he did something for his own needs – somebody would think he went out of his way just to help them. But there was a person…

Aleks snapped back to reality. Friends were just tools to be used for easier survival. And he had to remember that the woman in front of him was nothing but a tool herself. “If that is all that takes,” after all, he was intelligent enough to get rid of her should things get too complicated, “I swear on my soul that I accept all terms of this contract. I swear on my very soul.” He put his hand over his heart, like his heart was his soul or something. Honestly, he didn’t believe in souls, but what else was there to do but indulge this woman’s wish in order to strike this deal.

He will dig a little deeper into her past endeavors as soon as he gets the chance. After all, he needed to know more about her existence. Why was she moving from town to town? It was a detail that he needed to know. If she was afraid of getting caught or even worse… killed. Then at least he could be sure that she could be killed. After all, not being familiar with her… kind, he didn’t know whether she was able to die. Maybe she merely had a longer life-span than other animals or maybe she was immune to damage. Or maybe neither one of those assumption was correct. There were still far too many unknowns for his liking. He would learn more and act accordingly. 

“Is there anything else I need to know, or do, for this deal to go through or are you satisfied now?”