Mathias's lip curled back when the snake head made a face at him, baring vicious looking teeth before he smirked and flipped the serpent the bird, not giving two shits over who saw the gesture. He did not know about AJ's upbringing, and even if he had, he probably would have scoffed.
He had his own scars to prove that childhood wasn't always pleasant, but he wore his with pride.
Receiving attention from Jamila was not something the wolpertinger had expected, given that she had seemed to brush off a lot of their questions and statements before. His eyebrows rose when she made the offer of hiring him, and while he had no idea what sort of
business she might be a part of, he did feel at least somewhat pleased by the praise, but only gave a mild shrug of his shoulders. "I may think about it." He crossed his arms over this chest, then, and waited to hear what they were there for.
For a long time after she revealed what she needed from them, he remained silent, letting others speak and ask their questions and posture for attention and likely position.
Power, in return for a simple ring? Or perhaps not so simple, as the word
artifact caught his attention. He had helped Jove procure one, once, and though he did not know the exact details of how it worked or what it did, he was under the impression that some could be very dangerous and powerful things indeed.
"Vut does it do, this ring?" He asked, finally. "It must be something quite special, but you do not strike me as being vun to just vish to own pretty things just for sake of being pretty. You offer exchange of power, but again, I am not knowing if exchange is fair. It could be that you are coming up short in your offer."
He glanced to his side, towards Holly, just in time to catch her looking back at him, and he frowned, giving his head a subtle shake.
As reckless and headstrong as the teen boil could be at times, this was a situation where he felt it unwise to rush foolishly in without at least trying to learn more.
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