Nodding his head seriously, Valen smiled to the gnomish woman and thinking it over for a fwe seconds more, he knew the decision had been made. It wasn't really that hard decision to make either. She had given him terms that he felt would be a lot more fair than most jobs that he might find, and what's more it sounded like they'd pay him to do what he would do otherwise anyway.<strong>"You have convinced me."</strong><br/><br/>Valen took a seat next to her, though clearing his throat trying<em>hard</em>to not look down at her and the gnomish woman's chest there.<strong>"I might run across some interesting spells and tasks to pursue from time to time I imagine, but I will keep that for when its my own time. Also, if I came across any secrets, I think that as the name implies, I'd be sharing them with the society. Unless they are secrets about a new spell I happened to be working on at my own time."</strong>He looked at the gnomish woman seriously, but also rather warmly.<br/><br/><strong>"If I avoid saying the given nickname too much, do you have use for a 'Treehugger' here, Koko?"</strong>He smiled a bit jokingly.