Purchased: Negotiation

[aldersprig]

First: http://www.lynthornealder.com/2017/12/03/negotiation/

Previous: http://www.lynthornealder.com/2018/01/26/bodyguard/

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The car ride lasted longer than he thought it ought to, winding through the city and into a neighborhood where there were actual lawns, through a gate they had to buzz through and into the detached garage next to a big house or a small mansion.  “All right.  No orders on behavior but I’m going to warn you, we do have a cat, she liked jumping on people, and she is often far too sharp.”

“Sir.”  Leander raised his eyebrows.  “A cat?”

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Comments

[clare_dragonfly]

So... there's no cat?

I wonder what kind of agreement Sylviane and her dad have that there's this non-negotiable.

[aldersprig]

Cat hasn’t shown up yet, at least!

[sauergeek]

Sylviane is, unsurprisingly, dubious about having a bodyguard, particularly a Kept bodyguard.

Leander seems rather confused about several things. Does he have any reason to question whether Sylviane is Cadfael's daughter? He's seen plenty of reason to believe that she is. And how did he come to expect a flying cat, other than a fairly well-communicated change of subject? Did Cadfael actually get someone competent to be a bodyguard, or is Leander going to be part of the shit that hits the fan?

[aldersprig]

Sylviane is rather dubious about many of her father’s plans. :-D

I um. That part about Leander may have been my writing. He expected a kitten that would jump on him. And got an adult woman when part of his brain was saying “man in his 30s, daughter not adult.”