"...I was actually going to ask why you decided to fuck with me for no apparent reason."

I... think I have actually taken zero opportunities to fuck with you of the several presented to me but if I did fuck with you I would ABSOLUTELY HAVE A REASON.

"Are you seriously arguing that it didn't at all constitute fucking with me that you let me waste time and money on you when you could have just said it wouldn't work, when that would have also gotten you access to the laws faster."

That... what wouldn't work, putting the bracelets on me? What makes you think I knew? And why would I want to save you time and money you were planning to spend on trying to enslave me? That sounds like time and money better wasted to me.

"See, if I deliberately caused someone to waste time and money in a way that also delayed me getting what I wanted, and then lied about it, I might consider it reasonable to describe that as fucking with them."

If you think I'm lying then there's no point in talking to me now, is there? If you want to listen to me talk anyway you can pay me.

"You know, you're right, I just thought there might be - a specific thing I had done to piss you off, that you'd be perfectly happy to rant about."

Oh, you just want to know why I'm pissed off, sure. YOU TRIED TO ENSLAVE ME.

"I... guess? Is there something I could do at this point that would result in you not going out of your way to make my life worse on no additional provocation or is that too much to hope for."

I mean, I was planning to assume that you are about fiftieth percentile quality as a person, for this plane, unless I learn otherwise, and accordingly ignore you indefinitely. If you want more goodwill than that I am drawing a bit of a blank, but, hey, I'm a confused homeless foreigner, there's probably lots of chances to do me good turns if you have any idea whatsoever might constitute a good turn.

"...Sure." He starts removing a 36-ring coin from his necklace. "I still think it was really petty of you not to tell me you had a ward as soon as I thought about buying bracelets but I’m not - actually interested in starting a fight about it." He has the coin free now. He offers it to her. "I actually haven’t at any point since you got here wanted you to be hurt."

I have a telepathic defense against mental interference. It doesn't work on everything, I had never heard of command magic before the instant I appeared in your room and had no opportunity to check the interactions, and also, was not reading your mind except for, solely, noting you existed, that you were the species and individual you are as opposed to any others, and what you meant to say to me out loud when you talked, so I did not know you were going to attempt anything like that. If I had read it in your mind I would be about as angry as I am now, it's not the fact that you got as far as putting the bracelets on me that I object to, it's that you wanted to ENSLAVE ME. I find it dubious in the extreme that you haven't wanted me to be hurt, because you said yourself that 'nobody' wants slave bracelets, and you tried to put them on me anyway. Perhaps you mean some excruciatingly narrow and pedantic definition of 'hurt' rather than 'distressingly interfered with against my interests'? What is this coin intended to pay for, precisely.

"It's a goodwill gesture. Since you find a bunch of true things dubious in the extreme."

At least I have company. She accepts the coin.

He leaves.

The next person wants to stop liking catnip.

Did they read the disclaimer about how her error rate, while demonstrated in her prior practice to be almost negligible, can never be guaranteed to be zero, and agree to this risk?

Yep.

Cool, think real loud about catnip for a second? Do you want to stop enjoying it or stop thinking about it unprompted or stop finding it more rewarding than other similarly enjoyable things or is there some complicated bespoke result you're looking for here?

Stop thinking about it unprompted, mostly. They can think about it real loud.

Yup, found it. She spends a bit longer than she would on a familiar species becoming clear on the connective structure, then - pinchpinchpinch. That's a temporary measure, which might work loose on its own in a week or two. I will solidify it at no extra charge once you're confident you like the effects.

"I'll come back later if I want that." And she can get paid for this.

Thank you.

Does she have enough for a hotel room yet.

If she’s not picky about amenities such as a bed or sufficient space to lie down and stand up.

Well, the day is... not young but not over yet, at least.