She brought him home.

Not much farther, they arrived at a lovely two-story home. It was no mansion, which is what he expected when she claimed to be a noble, but it was a nice house nonetheless, and truthfully, he would have felt very out of place in something larger. He followed behind, and watched as she unlocked and opened the door to step inside. It shut behind them, and he looked around the lounge present past the entry way.

It wasn't elaborate like a noble's manor, but the furnishing were well-made, and past the lounge was a small kitchen. Beside that was a staircase that presumably led to the bedroom and everything else. The lounge itself had a sofa on one end, and a table for eating on the other.

"I know it's amazing, but try not to get too envious," she boasted with an air of insecurity.

Rab smiled. "It's lovely."

"Well let me get you something to drink! Make yourself at home."

She skipped off to the kitchen. Shortly after, she returned with two mugs filled with cool water, and she handed one over to them. He hadn't taken a seat yet, so she joined him in standing by the nearby dinner table.

"I thought maybe you'd kick off your shoes and be on the sofa," she said.

"I wouldn't want to stay here longer than I should. You've been kind enough to me already. And I'm sure you have other things to do."

She shrugged. "I suppose you're right. Well, why don't we just chat magic a bit and then go about our business? I wanna know what kind of magic you can do. I know you're a mesmer, but..." She tried to peak under his hood as they spoke, as he was still hidden.

He gulped his water, and placed the mug down on the tabletop. "I present illusions and other misdirection by fooling the mind. For example, I could make you see yourself as naked in public, even though you would be fully clothed. Or I could stimulate your mind in a more directly thrilling way, but of course, those things don't actually come up when I work."

"Both of those examples were really weird."

"I just wanted to see how you'd react. I was just teasing again. But apparently they didn't make you mad, so that's curious."

"What do you mean? Of course I'd be pissed if you did those things in public! I'd be humiliated."

"But only in public? I'll remember that."

Face glowing red, she snapped back. "Your teasing doesn't get to me!"

He chuckled. "Of course I wouldn't actually do those things."

"So you couldn't do it either, right?"

"Well, I definitely could do either of those things, but I wouldn't do it unless I had permission."