She heard the spiel, listened to the words, but that smirk on Doxi's face didn't fade, her appearing unfazed.  Still... 25000gp, or more with 'trinkets' and the like... now that was impressive.  That's not even including what<em>else</em>she might be able to find on the 'privateering' venture, and what other artifacts she could find and keep... not a bad deal.  And then of course was the not-so-subtle subtle threat... hah, almost to a 'T' as to what Doxi was expecting!<br/><br/>"Sounds like you're being honest." Doxi said, chuckling, breaking the tension of the moment "Now that we're being honest then, it sounds like this is an urgent situation... so for 5k and this other 'item' of yours I can take you on the short journey to Sharn, no problem.  The 20k for the artifact, or 40k in items... well, we'll see how that stacks up with what you ask me to<em>do</em>with it and what it does, and who I'm taking it from.  My job has a lot riding on the details of things, you see, so I<em>need</em>the honesty and straight-forwardness like from moments ago..."<br/><br/>A call to Marek, followed by a sharp whistle and holding out her hand, she commanded that leash be brought to her, and for him to stand at the ready.  This was really fun, but she was digressing...<br/><br/>"Coincidentally, I've gotten quite good about getting the truth out of people like you, not to say you're a liar, just prone to limited disclosure in oh-so-many words, which tends to not provide the level of detail I all but require." she said, one to offer her own 'knowing' look into the woman's eyes from her own "Nice threat at the end by the way... not the best I've heard, but definitely not the worst.  But!  We can save the discussion on the artifact for the ship, since job one is not in any way directly connected to my acceptance of job two, and as such I expect to be paid for job one upon it's completion and before I accept job two... should I choose to accept it of course.  For now... has dinner been served?  I'm rather hungry, and my pet and I would like something to eat..."