For all the good of his somewhat more heightened senses, Parne was having a trouble picking out the others around them too – although his eyes caught the same glimpses of tiny fluttering shapes, and his ears caught the same rustles from high above as well as at ground level around them, it didn’t seem that the creatures would allow themselves to be seen quite that easy. A spell or two could change that, but they had already proved they could move extremely quickly when they wanted to – he doubted he would have been able to chant off the appropriate spell without them knowing or taking pains to interrupt it.<br/><br/>Pains that he could quite happily do without right now, of that he was certain as he watched the creature that had proved to be the groups mouthpiece flitter to a better vantage point to study them both in turn. ‘She is fully aware of my kind, and knows well enough to take appropriate steps to guard herself – if you would like to stir descent between us both, then I would suggest you choose a different target for your little mind games…’<br/><br/>That they seemed to agree with them regarding the girls influence upon his spell was some slight cause for worry – while he was certain that there was many things abroad that would prove significantly worse for them to stumble upon, he didn’t think that they would be found this early upon their travels, nor that his spell might have led them straight into the maw of whatever danger it was that awaited them.<br/><br/>‘Then it is all the better that she doesn’t bare my child, for there would be little chance of me giving one of my own to the likes of you…’ he said coolly and calmly, his eyes flickering to Tara’s face for the briefest of moments to note the emotions visible upon her face in quick succession as she listened to the creatures words and no doubt thought of the consequences.<br/><br/>Parne almost sighed as he heard talk of their prices – while he doubted any would be a pleasant affair, the tolls they could have sought to inflict upon them could have been considerably worse as they had already mentioned, and that was without the thought of how the other path could have turned out too. While he was loathe to give the little creatures anything, he knew better than to try to fight his way out from such an encounter – he’d been lax in leading them this far without taking steps to make sure they were not being followed or wandering into an ambush, and now the price would have to be paid.<br/><br/>‘I’m guessing you will want all three seeing as you have the opportunity to take such… Tell me the terms – what do you want me to do so that we might take our leave of your… company…’ the last word was almost spat from his lips, his jaw set for whatever they might ask for.