[ Sturmhond nods, agreeing with her. She's sharp. None of them know how long their contract is supposed to be, but increasingly, it seems like that time is not short. He's heard the Instructors talk about being here for hundreds of years, for example. ]

It does seem like they're interested in a long-term investment.

But the pay-off is worth it. They hold up their end of the bargain, from what I've seen.

[ He doesn't know what her price was, but given her profession, he figures she'd want to know they weren't lying to her when they said they'd meet it. ]