"Is there somewhere I can lay down? I think I over did it today." "Sir? I am so sorry I forgot to tell you! This building is yours! Everything in it,...this is your home now." Triance said a worried look on her face. "It's alright Triance; we all make mistakes at times. Please don't worry ok?" A smiling John told the worried elfin woman. "You do not wish to punish me? To take advantage of me? Your kind has done this in the past." Triance revealed to John. A shocked John shook his head. "That. I went with him since I wasn't told not to."Mrs. Foster says that her husband has threatened you from time to time," Wainright told him."I didn't take it serious," Ned answered, "but I guess he did. Mostly Tory jabber. Told me he'd sic the dog on me, have me charged with trespassing, bring the militia down on me, that sort of thing. He drinks some. Puts a bottle of plonk away at his supper." Hm," Wainright pondered, pursing his mouth. "That might help. Did he ever hit you or threaten to strike. The number is determined by just how much you fork over. With enough zeroes on the end of the check, they name the place after you. You have reached the peak of the food chain!As far as RPI was concerned, I was a Mega Flounder, a fish they had managed to sink a big hook into, and they were planning on reeling me in for years to come. Much effort would come to convert me to a Tuna and beyond. Dollar signs were flashing in the eyes of Dan Berg, President of RPI. Berg was a non-entity as far as I. ” Cas held the woman’s gaze grimly. “Not all of ‘em, though.”There was a long, heavy silence that followed. Thin as a razor blade, and just as sharp.“You could be lying,” the brunette pointed out.“You really think I could? About that?”She blinked, then turned away. “No.” She sighed heavily. “No, I don’t think you could.” Cas had to respect her professionalism. He’d built a career on reading people, figuring out just how to sell them his particular brand of bullshit, but even he couldn’t have.