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Day 4: Ogre (noun) - a cruel or terrifying person.
Lucy had read a lot of books throughout the course of her seventeen years of life. Loads of fantasy books at that. And the man before her, with his 'one' word answers, looked like an ogre depicted in one of her books. She'd say troll, but those lived under the bridge and feared sunlight. This man, he was tanned, was not a troll. Though he looked cruel, she made the logical leap that since he was running an orphanage out of the church, that he was a nice man.
Appearances aside. Sitting up a bit straighter, Lucy decided to just get to the point. The point her and Pantherlily had talked about a few days prior, while Gajeel was out trying to find funding for the church. Which from the way he had stormed in, grumbling loudly and not noticing her sitting there, had gone very badly. Again making her think that he was an ogre.
"Let's cut to the chase. I have been talking with Pantherlily. And I think we came to something that is mutually beneficial to both of us," she stated bluntly.
When he stiffened and narrowed his carmine colored eyes, Lucy did the same, lifting an eyebrow.
"What do you have in mind?" he asked, his voice showing how leery he was of anything she could be offering.
And he was right to be that way. It wasn't the best idea. But if he agreed to this contract, which would be more preferable to her other than she was Scott free, they got their funding, and her father could shove it.