Nodding to himself, Tannow made his way out the door without waiting for S-74 to follow. However, as he walked through the threshold he said "I'm working on that problem. In the meantime, think it over. I can only use a lovely young elf as a cook for so long." He didn't care to see how she reacted to the threat, it hung there in the air and he trusted it to do its job and convince her, with time, to come to him and accept.<br/><br/>After all... The king would never see this coming. But it would take time.<br/><br/>* * *<br/><br/>Kagan had been patrolling by the study when the door opened and Tannow left. While he missed the bulk of the conversation, the orc *did* hear the last words Tannow said to S-74 before he walked away. Waiting until he was definitely not coming back, Kagan went into the room. "Are you alright," he asked her, "what did he want?" A practical sort of an orc, Kagan sat and began to eat the cold dinner that his master had chosen not to partake of. With a wry smile he said "Can't waste your work, after all."