He gazed around the office.  It was a messy affair of a room.  He listened as she explained the assignment and gave instructions.  supplies would be a problem he would have to deal with somehow,  he would probably have to ask for an advance.<br/>"I have some experiences against monsters and and vicious animal,  though I admit they are not what I usually deal with."  He would have thanked her for the opportunity but that would sound to much like groveling. He begged, borrowed, and groveled to no one. That was one of his rules in live.  He would suffer a lot of abuse and humiliation but they day him or his gods didn't deliver him was they day he didn't want to live anymore.  "Also I'm going to need an advance on my payment."  The reason being because he was penniless after being robbed, left in a strange port, and spending the last of his coin on a drink were details he would be leaving out. "If you wouldn't mind paying it I will go get what I need and be back quickly."