"The worst-off was friend Sveta, whom is resting now, yes," she mumbles after a while. "Precautions have been made, and security-measures have been tightened. However, we won't be intimidated, no," the cat rumbles, shaking her head.<br> <br>Selena sighs quietly. "If you could give Sveta my regards, I'd appreciate it. Hopefully she'll have a swift and full recovery." she replies, moving over to one of the bookcases and beginning to peruse its contents. "I suspect that's not why you asked for me, though. Or rather, I'd be a bit surprised if it was." the wolfess notes, turning back to the cat for a few moments. "So. What can I do for you?"<br> <br>A nod, a soft rumble, and a small smile as Flora pulls out a contract of sorts. "Not for now, but... Maybe later?" the cat offers, allowing Selena to look the contract over. It appears to be a single job, non-disclosure agreement of sorts. "Flora was thinking... If friend Selena has a place to work quietly, away from spying eyes... LongTech Industries might enlist her for some things every now and then. With the results being only for LongTech Industries perusal, of course."<br> <br>Selena raises an eyebrow. "Well, that's an interesting proposal." She replies, pulling herself away from the books to rejoin the cat proper and take a look at the contract that would no doubt require possession of her soul in some way. "I do have a fairly private room to work in. You've seen my storage room; it does have enough space for me to set up some testing materials." She replies, rubbing her cheek. "To be honest, it depends on what I'm being contracted to do. If it's something that I'd want to use in my own work or has too many applications for me to list, then I'd probably want to discuss the terms at length."<br> <br>"Of course. Flora is talking minor problems that LongTech has no solutions to. Not big-scale problems for the entirety of promise," Flora rumbles with a smile, her tails flicking behind her and her ears twitching lightly atop her head. "Of course, Flora doesn't have a project right away, but... It's good to have the option, yes."<br> <br>Selena taps her cheek. "... Well, I'm not entirely sure why you're handing me a Non-disclosure agreement now if there's no work." She replies a little bemusedly. "That said, if I am doing work for you I would like to have a clause in here that directs credit for the research to me unless working in cohesion with your other employees - in which case I would like to be mentioned as having been on the research team." She replies, tapping a finger at the bottom of the contract.<br> <br>"Look at page two, friend Selena," the she-cat rumbles with a smirk, before pulling out another sheet. "It's all in there, yes. Full credit for the part you perform, to be shown properly when LongTech is ready to release the knowledge into the public domain, yes. Until then, it's considered a LongTech Industries Innovation," the cat murrs with a grin, tail flicking behind her.<br> <br>Selena sighs quietly looks back to Flora with an unimpressed look on her face. "Are there any other pages of this contract that I should be made aware of, Flora?" she asks wearily, giving the cat one of 'those' looks. "I'd prefer it if you didn't leave other pages of this document out. If I am signing it, I'll remember to write in a line stating that the contract is void if further clauses are added without prior notification and a signature." She mutters, rubbing her forehead.<br> <br>Flora chuckles. "No further pages. Flora would've given both, but friend Selena was a bit hasty in grabbing the first page, yes," she mumbles, smiling faintly, and flicking her tails again. "Flora has no reason to do that, no. Would make for a bad contract. It's supposed to be binding to both parties, yes," she murrs out softly, before leaning back in her chair. "Flora should probably get back to the research... And friend Selena? If you encounter any books or other sources of information on Flora's family, please inform Flora."<br> <br>Selena rolls her eyes. "I had expected you'd have both pages of the contract ready when you offered it to me." She replies simply, rooting around her bag for a moment and pulling out an old-looking pen-like implement. "Well, this is about as permenant as I can get." She notes, writing on the paper with the object, the slight smell of burning paper in the air as the quill literally burns her signature into the paper. "I'll let you know if I hear anything about your family if you do the same for me. I'm not sure if there are any Hearthwoods around the city - I've never heard of any here - or anyone related to my mother - Helen - I'd appreciate it."<br> <br>"Flora can... Ask Mione for the records. For now, Flora will have to continue her research, yes. And Flora will inform friend Selena if Flora finds something out, yes."<br> <br>Selena nods back to the cat. "It's one option." she replies, tapping her cheek. "I might have to pay a visit to the Thera'doran border later and ask around there. Apparently one of the guards there might've met my father at some point. It's better than no lead, and I wouldn't mind speaking with the Dacha again."<br> <br>"Thera'Dor... Flora will have something else to discuss with Friend Selena. Later. For now, it's time to get on with the research, and have some food, yes. We can speak about this a few days from now, yes."