<span style="font-family:Quintessential">He was unwilling to repeat himself? That would prove problematic.. Xiu felt her brow furrow as she listened to him and there was a sudden realization about her words to him. He seemed to hold weight in the word of others and if she had remembered correctly.. She had said she'd do anything just to escape their clutches. Her eyes shut and a sigh escaped her lips. Not.. Her brightest moment. He had not even bent down to pick up the basket gathering whatever supplies that he needed and it had floated up into his grasp. Xiu's eyebrows raised as she looked at him and a sudden smile approached her cheeks. Although it was an unseemly arrangement she believed there was still things to gain from him and the experience she had subjected herself to. Even though she was indebted to this man, perhaps with his magical knowledge and prowess, that he could assist her in attaining some of her own.<br/>
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Her footsteps were quiet, but as she listened to the creeks in the meadow and the wind against the tree branches, she realized that she hadn't heard the steps of the man in front of her. Her curiosity was piqued and as she stared at him, she noticed that his feet refused to make sound with the ground in general and as she kept a small distance, there was a slight difference in elevation and she couldn't help but chuckle. It was a funny gesture to her.. Xiu was unsure if he thought himself to be above walking on the ground, or if he was simply being cautious but either way she looked up at him and shook her head. It was funny to her, even being an heiress but it was irrelevant. She wouldn't bring attention to it out in the open, it was far too delicate a situation for such familiarity, and as they walked she kept her gaze low.<br/>
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Finally came the moment of truth, her sentence. Her eyelids shut for a moment as she listened to him carefully and she let out a sigh. He may never release her, that or it could be years until the debt of four lives was truly paid. Sure, being an elementalist shinobi she had many years ahead of her, but cleaning this man's feet or grabbing his tea wasn't exactly the freedom she so desperately craved. She looked up at him and quirked a brow. It didn't seem that he was gaining much from this arrangement and that was an odd thing to Xiu. People always wanted something, whether it was money, power, or even companionship.. It was always something more than she was willing to give, but for the first time she felt she was taking advantage of him. <span class="fixed-color" style="color:#cc99ff">"That's it? You help me if I do your chores and clean your home?"</span> A scoff escaped her and she sighed before nodding to him. <span class="fixed-color" style="color:#cc99ff">"Not that I have much choice. I doubt you'll let me go after what you've done and I have nowhere else to turn to. I suppose we're stuck with one another.. Wouldn't you say?"</span></span>