"You can buy baby beluli, they're adorable."

...She sees.

What does one do with them when they grow older?

"Same things you do with human children!"

Those being?

"You can free them or use them as slaves or kill them."

She sees.

In somewhat closer matters - now that she is somewhat better acquainted with things, she has been wondering what sorts of plans he may have, with regards to her and such.

"I'll let you stay here while you pay me back for all the help I've given you."

She considers possible responses to this. (Alpha instincts continue unhelpfulness.)

She appreciates his help very much, thank you. If that is in fact what he wants she can certainly do that.

If he actually wants something else it would be convenient if he perhaps told her so.

(He obviously wants something else, by that phrasing and nonverbals, but she won't push harder for the moment.)

"I've given you a lot. I want you to make it worth my while to have taken you in and let you see me sleep and fed you and taught you Hari. Otherwise I won't help you in the future. You can't do this with innovative uses of magic like I expected but if you can do it with arithmetic and useful technology and scientific information I'll call that good enough."

She continues to appreciate it.

Alright. Does he have some personal goals in life she could perhaps help with, or is he simply thinking of monetary payment?

"I want to rule a city somewhere with all the humans in the world."

...Well that certainly answers her question.

Would he mind telling her more about that?

"Then I can make laws that I like better than the ones here."

What sorts of laws?

"Do you actually think you can help with that?"

She considers and decides this is a situation in which to take the honesty risk.

If he thinks the present setup is less than good for humans and wants a better one and they have sufficient agreement on what that might look like, then yes, she can. If he likes exercising unpleasant power over people then she - well, can't, probably, but also won't.

"What do you mean, exercising unpleasant power over people?"

Having people arrested for insulting him, picking random attractive people he likes and having them dragged by guards to his bedchambers, requiring people to do anything he orders on pain of torture, that sort of thing and its variants.

"I'm not going to commit assault or keep people out of public places, I would get fined. If I want to have someone dragged somewhere, I'll buy a slave. I don't see why you keep thinking governments should make insulting them illegal, that's pointless and stupid. Obviously I'll require people to do what I say, that's what it means to be in charge of someplace, but I won't tell anyone to break any imperial laws because I'd get in trouble for that."

Ah, have a city in that sense.

Does he think he is going to be buying slaves and having them dragged around?

She does not think they should, she thinks that the ones she is used to does, and that many people who want to govern like it that way.

That is not in fact what it means to be in charge. It is quite possible to be in charge, in the sense of making social laws and various decisions, and not to require everyone to obey your personal orders, in the sense of 'paint my walls right now' or 'give me that object in your living room'.

What did he think she might mean?

"I wasn't sure what you meant, that's why I asked. I don't want any more slaves right now, I'm even considering getting rid of Iri eventually. Yes, I expect I'd make clear laws and not randomly demand that people paint my walls, that would make people want to live somewhere more predictable. Do you think I'd be the kind of ruler you'd refuse to help?"

...Getting rid of in what sense?

She does not currently have enough information on what kind of ruler to think he'd be, which is why she's trying to get more of it. If the city is to be populated voluntarily that makes is significantly more likely he'd be the kind of ruler she'd help become one.

"I couldn't just kidnap people for my city, that's illegal. I might sell Iri at some point, maybe, or maybe I'll decide not to. What else do you need to know?"

If he means to sell, and she can acquire enough money to buy, she would appreciate it if he would allow her to do that. She can express this appreciation tangibly as applicable.

Why is he interested in this? What kinds of laws is he thinking of? What does he think will attract humans to move to his city?

"Imagine waking up in a room designed for human comfort, going to buy food and having meat and fruit and vegetables available at the same market, wanting to get laid and being able to find another human, being able to find enough other humans to choose, having cheaper housing because you don't have to accommodate any agerah, having the door handles at a comfortable height for a human to use, having everything designed for you. I want that."