"Yes. Exactly." Jiao confirmed, waiting to see what Remi would do. It seemed it had taken them a minute to get to a consensus, but now they were on the same page. Especially when Remi took her hand and placed on it a simple ring; she pulled her hand away and thought of the knife in her fingers and found it there.
A grin spread across her face. "That's just what I wanted. What do you want in return for it?" Would he take everything she had brought? She supposed it wouldn't be the end of the world. The Greatwood was always there for her to pick from (this viewpoint perhaps showed how much respect she held for her home after seeing the more exciting parts of the world).
Jiao
And the bittersweet of every new defeat
Is I'm stronger than before