That it's a different Maia and we cannot have them be a mage I'm telling the mages in the city but if anyone'll do it to save their life then we're fucked -

"I think you owe me a favor."

"Yeah, uh, about the paying you in sex thing, I'm wondering if I can take a rain check on that, I have trauma."

"Oh, you're in luck, I thought of something else I want instead!"

"No I just want to wait like a couple years? Maiar are supposed to be even more patient than Elves, right?"

"Not when dealing with humans, we're not, or you wiggle away entirely. I want to be a mage. You can do that right now."

"No I can't, it's a whole elaborate thing."

"Oh?"

"Yeah, no can do. I'm a very responsible human, if you show up for the sex thing in a couple years I will totally still pay up, just not like now."

"I'm really not feeling very patient."

Would they know what the different rituals to send people look like - if you send it without you -

I don't see how? But where would I send it - I don't think I can aim it away from a planet the whole thing is designed to find planets -

"I can try to work through my issues faster than that but I'm not seeing it happen sooner than like six months. I guess it might depend on how much enthusiasm you need."

The empty one? As long as it can't get out gives us time to finish -

"Why no go on the magic? I'll be responsible!"

There's points there. "Whole elaborate thing and also not what we agreed on."

"You're reneging on what we agreed on! Can't be that elaborate."

Planet someone didn't come back from, then, and we get backup and go after it.

If they didn't come back because they met hostile locals or landed in the sea and it's inhabited -

"I just want a rain check, you waited this long."

It'll kill us both and find someone in town who'll mage it. 

"I came as soon as I could, sweetheart."

"Ugh. I can get us what passes for a hotel room, we did not agree on the great outdoors. There are bugs in the great outdoors, who knew." I can lie about how it works, try to get it to destroy itself -

"Deal."

- might work yeah but that involves maging them, right -

Maybe I can convince it to go in a point. "I'm just saying, you'll get better performance if you wait."

"Maybe I'll come back for seconds."