Negotiations began in earnest after that. Porter proved to be a hard bargainer - even with the pheromones - but Jason didn't have to pay that much more than hoped for, all still within the budget, thanks to Liam butting in a few times with less useful comments. That mage was not as good a negotiator as he thought, and a bit too greedy to really come out ahead. And the advance was less than budgetted too, but even so Liam made a joke about "not having to sell the girls now", which earned him a glare from Porter. "WIll there be anything else, Mr. Johnson?" he asked after getting the codes, and the delivery location.