” The baker looked at the waif and laughed. “Why would I give such as you a loaf of my fine bread? What have you to pay for it?” The baker made ...o shoo the boy out of his shop when the boy revealed the bottle. “I have this to trade,” said he.Now the baker looked at the vial and again he laughed. “This is just an old vial with a crack in it. I have no use for this.”“Oh,” said the boy. “This is not merely an old vial. It contains a jinni. If you open the vial, he will come out and grant you three. You just got done saying you trusted me.”“Oh, I trust you. I’m just having trouble believing it.” She made a little snort. “I just had a mental image of that scene in ‘Fifth Element’ when the Chris Tucker character is coming on to the flight attendant. He says, ‘I swear. I’ve never felt like this before ... with a human.’”“Do you really think I’m like that?” he asked.“No. It’s a nagging fear. It’s my female spaghetti-mind lurching from A to B to C. I still don’t understand why you want. Professor Abbott had made him cook dinner, then they ate in silence. The professor then went back to his tent, obviously expecting David to just handle the clean up alone. The only problem David really found was that the professor wouldn't stay in his tent, so David couldn't just make everything clean. But David didn't mind the work. It was no less than he expected when he had learned that he had been assigned to the professor. Besides, David didn't want to become too reliant on his new. Jenkins was still standing in front of me."All right, Nina. You have accepted my bargain." he intoned, no longer smiling, "For every night you spend with me in my 'playroom' you get one free month's rent. Tonight will pay your back rent. Tomorrow night you will pay your current month's rent." Tonight, we will work on obedience." His voice was not harsh, but was ominously compelling, "Tomorrow... Well, we'll see about tomorrow, tomorrow." While we are in this room," he continued, "you will.