[ the laugh startles her, and at his comment, her brow furrows. just who was this person? jesper had told her that he was (1) very smart; (2) very wealthy; and (3) relatively harmless. the last part didn't seem to track with his sudden clear focus on . . . the contract?
it was so long ago when she signed whatever heleen had put in front of her that she nearly asks him what he's talking about. but her expression shifts from slight confusion to understanding. but the understanding soon shifts into something a little more guarded, and her arms remained crossed over her chest. she doesn't move an inch. ]
I have nothing to give you for helping me. I have no money, and I don't own anything.
[ it's said a little bluntly, but since inej has lived in ketterdam, she's long since learned that nothing is free. and she isn't so desperate as to give whatever is left of herself to some stranger who (on the surface) seems kind. ]
What do you have to gain by looking through my paperwork?
no subject
it was so long ago when she signed whatever heleen had put in front of her that she nearly asks him what he's talking about. but her expression shifts from slight confusion to understanding. but the understanding soon shifts into something a little more guarded, and her arms remained crossed over her chest. she doesn't move an inch. ]
I have nothing to give you for helping me. I have no money, and I don't own anything.
[ it's said a little bluntly, but since inej has lived in ketterdam, she's long since learned that nothing is free. and she isn't so desperate as to give whatever is left of herself to some stranger who (on the surface) seems kind. ]
What do you have to gain by looking through my paperwork?