Haggle

Ethan decides to haggle. "Eighty." A high start to be sure, but that's how you get the ball rolling.

Sam looks up, giving Ethan an unreadable stare. "Twenty if you find it. Thirty if you bring it to me." Her counter-offer is sharp.

'Fifty, huh?' Ethan thinks. "Thirty if I find it. Another thirty if I bring it to you."

The blond woman's eyes harden for a moment. "Fifty."

"Sixty, and..." Ethan tries to think about how he'll sweeten the deal. "I'll do it tonight."

Sam tilts her head. "Hm." She looks towards a window and the dark clouds in the sky, contemplating them. "Not tonight," she turns back to Ethan. "Tomorrow. Before end of day... Sixty. Deal?"

"Deal." Ethan reaches across the desk.

Sam takes his hand and Ethan notes it's quite... dainty.

Releasing the shake, Sam returns her attention to her computer. "But if you don't find it by then, deals off."

"Right." Ethan nods, accepting the challenge and the side quest.

"Which means don't show up again begging for work or money."

"Uh... Right..."

Sam doesn't respond right away, just clacking away at her keyboard. "Is there anything else?" She asks, not looking up.

"N-No?"

"Then please close the door on your way out. See you tomorrow." She glances up. "Hopefully."

Snorting, Ethan shows himself out, and tomorrow hopes to show her up.