He didn’t know the name, but context served him well enough to guess he wouldn’t mind it. He shot a wry grin back, and supposed it couldn’t go too badly, his lending a hand – particularly if that was how Prewett was inclined to repay him for his efforts.
On the other hand, interesting struck a faint note of alarm in Conall’s head. He had found nothing untoward in Prewett’s creature collection today – they were all begrudgingly well looked after, and all their papers accounted for – but even if Prewett could be trusted, who knew about his friends. Conall had met too many people and seen too many dealings in his travels, and the wealthy travelling eccentrics often seemed to think they lived entirely above the rules.
Loath as he was to puncture the pleasant state of the conversation, he gave a cough and said in warning, “Of course, I’d have to report anything suspect, you know. As long as the regulations are followed, you’ll be grand.” He didn’t like to sound the asinine pin-pushing sort, and often people suspected he wasn’t – he didn’t work for the Beast Division, and didn’t answer to anyone, generally – but he didn’t want the man thinking he’d just sign off on any illegal importations with a little friendly bribery, and he didn’t mind saying so.
On the other hand, interesting struck a faint note of alarm in Conall’s head. He had found nothing untoward in Prewett’s creature collection today – they were all begrudgingly well looked after, and all their papers accounted for – but even if Prewett could be trusted, who knew about his friends. Conall had met too many people and seen too many dealings in his travels, and the wealthy travelling eccentrics often seemed to think they lived entirely above the rules.
Loath as he was to puncture the pleasant state of the conversation, he gave a cough and said in warning, “Of course, I’d have to report anything suspect, you know. As long as the regulations are followed, you’ll be grand.” He didn’t like to sound the asinine pin-pushing sort, and often people suspected he wasn’t – he didn’t work for the Beast Division, and didn’t answer to anyone, generally – but he didn’t want the man thinking he’d just sign off on any illegal importations with a little friendly bribery, and he didn’t mind saying so.
