Thank you, much obliged.

Now: legal company.

The secretary says, "I can certainly get you a quick consultation. What are you looking for? If it's a very simple question you might not need to speak to a lawyer."

"Not a simple question; I have unprecedented magic and its applications for economic purposes are the general idea of it."

"Sounds like you want to talk with one of our trade law specialists. Let me see... Mrs. Bridgestone will be available in about ten minutes, if that's alright?"

"Perfectly, thank you."

"Mrs. Bridgestone's consultation fee is 160 for the first hour."

"That will not be a problem."

"Very good. Want anything while you wait? Tea?"

"No, thank you, I don't really eat."

"Alright, then."

"Mrs. Bridgestone can see you now, I'll show you to her office."

It's a very stereotypical Old Law Office, with books lining the shelves and a rolodex-equivalent on her desk. Mrs. Bridgestone is an older lady with dark skin, grey eyes, and a strong grip for a human when she shakes Sadde's hand. "You're after using unique kind magic for profit, correct? First I need to know what exactly it is, and how you plan to profit with it."

Sadde's grip is cold. "Limitless generation of biological matter, by selling said matter for enchanting." 

"Oh, that's an interesting one. There's precedent for magically produced items. I can't give you hard assurances without a lot of research, but generally speaking if you respect any NDAs, don't trade in banned or regulated material like drugs without permits, and someone pays the taxes, that is probably legal."

"Legal, sure; I'm just wondering whether the contract I've seen and the terms I've been offered are—reasonable. Whether there aren't any loopholes and stuff that can be used to duck me over in the future."

"I would need to see the contract in question, and depending on its length it could take a while."

"I have it memorised, could write it out if you like."

"Please go over the broad strokes while you do, I'll know which books to get."

She does!

Sadde could be sued if someone can reasonably prove that she provided shoddy ingredients and this led to material harm to someone it was sold to, which means her sponsor could be sued and her cast out, in effect. So she might wish to hire an independent assessor when actually producing the items or get them to attach this page to their contract.

This non-compete clause is worded alarmingly vaguely, it could be argued that she would be disallowed to produce enchanting supplies for basically any other reason, even personal use, for a very long time she should press for a revision and clarification like so. Allow personal projects, and it expires in three months if they don't sign her to a longer-term one by then.

She will need to pay taxes. It's very convenient that she's becoming an official resident of Graya, in that respect. She probably wants a full time accountant to handle the taxes, as they will get complicated and tedious very fast.

She should know that the contract as presented here doesn't commit Empire Imports to any future deals. It would be prudent to get a few written guarantees about what a more long-term, large-scale contract if this first one goes through. They won't be legally binding, exactly, but it would inconvenience them to renege by threatening to turn the whole thing into a legal headache for everyone involved.

"All in all they were fleecing you but not skinning you. I think they fully expected you to come to someone like me, though, didn't drop any obvious traps."

She memorises all of this, of course, and she's pretty sure she can handle the accounting part herself but might hire someone anyway just for the ease of it (after all, every second she spends on taxes is a second she's not with Terel) (she should call him).

"How likely is it that there are any non-obvious traps?"

"Probably not very, but I can't put a number on that without a more thorough reading. You should always be careful about contracts, though."

"I could hire you for a more thorough reading, then?"

"You could, yes. You could also hire me to help you negotiate back at their office. I won't press either option particularly hard, lest you form an opinion on whether I'm trying to drum up business."

"I think I'll go with the thorough reading first, and decide on the other option later, if that's alright with you?"

"As you like, ma'am. I'll get started right away. I'd like to give it about least three solid hours from me and three from assistants for a reasonably thorough analysis if nothing surprising turns up on a more careful look. I can be more thorough than that if you like. Anything else they've told you or anything you've already done for them may be relevant."

"I'd like to call someone before, but then I'm all yours."