He laughed at the sultan's joke, before looking over the scroll, and reading it, a small smile forming on his lips as he read it. "Well, such an offer would have been generous about ten years ago. But since most of my spells that I research now take at least six months of research, and most take a year, and the amount you quoted isn't a year for my services, I will politely declnie. That would be more like 2 months when I am feeling generous. Perhaps I should bring in a few of the more impressive members of my harem, though likely not in their natural forms. Two true dragons might scare your guards. The reason I offered myself for individual services is because that is all anyone can afford any more."<br/><br/>He watched the sultan leave with a stunned look on the man's face, returning to the artwork, until the elf was escorted out. A quick scan revealed that this wasn't Cerul's mom, and he nodded slightly to the harem slave, letting her lead them off to a private room, though he glanced from Tyra to the elf, and then back before answering her.<em>Yes, you are, in both your forms, but she moves better than you do in your humanoid form. Probably because dragon's don't try to be seductive while walking normally. She probably has to be seductive and sexual all the time, as opposed to you, who only does it when she wants to show off for me. And you do it well for a dragoness.</em><br/><br/>She opened one of the side chambers, and he did a quick spell as he stepped in, noting that he had two people physically watching the room, and at least six people monitoring it through magic. He set up an illusion effortlessly, easily fooling all the watchers, before turning back to the elf as she turned around after shutting the door. He leaned his staff against the wall, before sitting down on the bed, simply watching her, waiting to see what she would do as he tried to decide how to get the information he wanted from her.