[ Just as he sees no problem with Snatcher claiming any soul who comes here as his own, he doesn't see any problem with telling her what he does.
(Besides -- she just wants to go home. He can relate to such a thing, though his home exists as merely a memory now, never to be returned.) ]
Your service. He'll get you to do tasks for him...things he cannot do himself. In exchange, you'll get your hourglasses back.
[ He can't remember what Snatcher's last servant had been bargaining for, what he had wanted in exchange. In the end, they all bargain for their lives, though.
Almost as an afterthought, he adds: ]
He'll bind you to the work with contracts. He likes those.
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(Besides -- she just wants to go home. He can relate to such a thing, though his home exists as merely a memory now, never to be returned.) ]
Your service. He'll get you to do tasks for him...things he cannot do himself. In exchange, you'll get your hourglasses back.
[ He can't remember what Snatcher's last servant had been bargaining for, what he had wanted in exchange. In the end, they all bargain for their lives, though.
Almost as an afterthought, he adds: ]
He'll bind you to the work with contracts. He likes those.