[With an only slightly sarcastic 'as you wish' gesture, she let the catman take point in talking to the couple. At least for a the moment. And regretted it just slightly when he lead with the whole 'what'll ya give us...' spiel. With a wince, managed to cut in on his heels, reinforcing the 'later' notion.]

We'll have to see what sort of job it'll be before we can properly settle up.

[Done and done. The landen couple decide not to look a gift horse in the mouth, so to speak, and while there's a bit of shuffling, they do end up leading the way to wherever their hovel is. On the way there, Maeve tries out their new ability to kick up psychic threads with other Strangers. On a private, personal thread, she zips a question to her companion.]

*Someone teach you how to negotiate like that, catman?*

[Her thought is tinged with a sharp sort of amusement.]