Leather creaked slightly on the armrests of the throne as Darius gripped hard when the woman's birth city was revealed. Eyes narrowed slightly at her, distrust only further ingraining itself in the way he viewed her. Still, he sat quietly and let her go through her speech. Spirited thing that she was, he did pull some amusement from the fact that she attempted to use flattery in calling him "potent". If she only knew.<br/><br/>The Warlord's attention was rapt as she pulled yet another item out of her robe. He idly wondered just where in the hells she kept it all. There certainly didn't look to be any pockets on the thing. He leaned forward as the thing was offered to him, and looked up into her face for any signs of treachery. Gingerly, he reached out and lifted the thing from her palm with only a finger. Seeing as it didn't explode or turn into a venomous reptile hellbent on biting, he deemed it a non-threat for the moment and hung it on the ivory horn on the left armrest of the throne.<br/><br/>"All of this sounds well and good, but I have concerns. First," he leaned back, fingers lacing to cross and rest across his lap, "How do I know that that thing works and you aren't simply trying to get me killed? Second, how can I trust you not to turn on me once you have what you need? And last but not least, you keep mentioning my "seed". Just how in the hell do you intend on getting such a thing from me?"<br/><br/>Leaning down until he was bent at the waist almost completely, putting his nose on the same level as hers. "You also assume that I would find your body favorable enough to put myself in such a state for you to obtain my essence. For all I know, you cover yourself in all that material because you are a leper. Or worse, you're virginal. Virgins and myself done get along well, physically. Every now and again, women come to me in the hopes that I will leave a son in their bellies to lay claim to my bloodline. How are you any better than they?"<br/><br/>Leaning back, he sat quietly for half a minute. "Prove yourself. Everything you have said so far is conjecture at best. Prove to me that you are what you are and do indeed intend to follow through with what you've mentioned."