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"Yes," he said. "Just follow me. I'll take care of the rest."
He turned and walked out of the room, expecting her to follow.

"No," he said, not slowing down. "We're exchanging her for a new one, if I find anything worth bringing back. If I don't find anything that I want today then I'm getting my money back. None of this is possible without going all of the way there."
"If your mind is not powerful enough then you can just carry her with your body," he said. If neither is powerful enough, he thought to himself, then I may be forced to make two exchanges, today.

((I'll take care of it.))
Out of patience with slaves, in general when he found Pheonix frozen in the same position as he found her before.
He cursed and picked her up, carelessly flinging her over his shoulder. Normally he would be loathe to engage in so reckless an activity, but since it appeared to be contagious paralysis of some sort (which was indeed something that he had heard of some undead having the ability to inflict, albeit on a more temporary basis) and paralysis was one of the three things that all half-dragons like him were immune to (the others being sleep and their element, which was electricity, in his case).
"On second thought," Matasoga said "Don't touch her. She could be contagious."
He looked at her with just a touch more warmth than usual and, in a tone that would still be rather imperious by the standards of normal people said, "And right now, you're all I have left."

[[[So can we time skip or something and just say that we took them back?]]]

[[Akima]]

Akima grew bored waiting for him to continue leading her to where ever he had planned. She turned her attention to the two in her possession. She twirled them upside down and had them them spin quickly before setting them back upright. She raised their hair up and made it dance and twist at her leisure.

[[Akima]]

Akima knew the way home easily. Getting lost wasn't something that could easily happen to her. She nods in compliance.

"Ok, I'll see you there." She says and walks back. The odd earth town caught her attention as she headed away from Matasoga. She began to get distracted by the active, loud business that had her looking about on their way in. She turned off the way of home and began to explore this place, actively finding things to do. Later, when she was back on the path to home, she had a stolen peach and a new hidden blades for her forearms to replace her broken ones. She had easily taken these under the nose of the merchant. She is munching on the peach, absolutely engrossed in the new and fantastic flavor she discovered.

Matasoga traveled up the walkway of his home, following another disappointing journey to the marketplace, taking great comfort in the knowledge that Sergius would no doubt have a camel steak cooked just as he liked it prepared for him within minutes of his return.

"Not today," he said. He hadn't intended to slow down, but he missed a step when he saw her glowing. He had to look again to make sure it wasn't a trick of the light but indeed she was actually luminous. Evidently, she was telling the truth. She was indeed not of this world. He went in, deciding to see if she'd follow before saying more.