Meira, none the wiser, patiently stood outside the lab and greeted Jake as he exited. "I have acquired all the requested goods, Lord Thayne," she said with a light bow.
"Great,” Jake said, smiling. “Let’s head out into the garden and go through them; I want to see exactly what that mad scientist wants.”
That wasn’t entirely a lie, either. Jake did want to properly see what Arnold had wanted Jake to get. Additionally, he wanted to frame this not as him distrusting Meira’s ability to get the right things, but as him going through them purely for his own vanity.
"Yes." Meira nodded, using the same a-bit-too-cordial tone she had adopted ever since his return to the Order.
Jake and Meira walked to the garden at a relaxed pace, with Jake studying Meira closely throughout. She was good at hid
