...It is a neat bit of artifice.

She sends Bea a knowing smirk. "But that isn't what I wanted to ask you about..." She nods to Luthien. "That collar is marvelous." And to El: "Do you take commissions?"

"For a collar? Depends on the offer. And the use you're planning to put it towards."

"It'd be a gift for Bea." She's fine with giving that information out for free, or at least in exchange for El hearing her out. "And payment is negotiable."

Blush!!

Cute.

"Acceptable. It'll work better if you have a hand in the construction yourself, though."

"Of course. And I certainly have design opinions." She smirks at Bea again, and raises a hand to brush her hair back, accentuating her lovely neck. (And drawing the eye to how nicely she's cleaned up, too.) "Something a bit simpler, more elegant... Like a plain golden band, with golden chains..."

"I can see how that would fit."

"Could add a leash."

Interested noise. 

"A little subtlety might be warranted," Bea murmurs.

"Optional leash," she says after a moment. 

"Doable."

Smile. And: quick negotiation of payment? (At least expected ranges.) And what the collar would do in terms of artifice.

A collar's no small piece of work. Liesel will be paying in material and her own time as much as anything else.

Mana, too.

That goes without saying.

She can also pay in connections, if needed - she's got her own network. 

Tangibles are worth more at the moment. Favors owed are... hard to quantify.

She'll pull on those only for said tangibles, then. 

Deal.

Do El and Luthien have time to go over specifics of what Liesel is looking for now? (She'll understand if they'd rather meet later for this.)

Better to get it laid out before classes are scheduled.

And then they can figure out exact timings based on class. 

Yep.