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Smiling, he cuts his steak in half, feeding the whole piece to Faye, "I'm pretty full from lunch earlier, so I don't mind sharing." Finishing off his half of the steak he also gives Faye the salad, just sitting there watching the family as they ate, getting up and gathering the plates when they are finished.

"Then children can play in the sitting room while we talk, if that's alright with you two. I'd rather it just be you two to hear this first." He waits until they are alone, closing the glass door between the two rooms to make it harder for them to hear, then he looks at the couple with a shame filled face. "I'm terribly sorry, but the job I have is not quite as I described it, I just didn't want to cause some confusion before we actually had a chance to talk about things."

"This might be a bit odd, but before I tell you what the job really is I have to ask you something. If you met a person who has never done you harm and was friendly with you, but found out they were some kind of horrible creature that people fear from folklore, would you continue to treat that person the same way if how they treat you never changes? They never bring you or anyone else intentional harm and never intend to?"