“It is striking.”
“Yeah, that is usually what happens right after people see them.Well, it has been nice meeting you.If I get the contract, I will probably see you again, but in that case, you won’t be allowed to do more than look through any glass you can find.No one can be in there when I am working, unless you want to become part of the house.”
Oory nodded.“Noted.Can we put cameras in the house?”
“Sure.On glass, battery powered, not in contact with the wood at any point.”
“Right.When do you think this is going to start?”
Izzy finished typing the email on her phone.“When I get the go-ahead, I can be here the next business day.”
“Well, we had better get the monitors in there fast.”
“Put everything back the way it was.I am going to be working off my own measurements, so don’t move anything.Not one fucking inch.Are we clear?”
The clan chief blinked.“Yes.You just mapped it.”
“Correct.”
“Understood.Glass supports it will be, as close to the walls as we can get without touching.”
“That’s it.”She felt her phone vibrate.“Huh.I suppose I will see you tomorrow.”
Oory smiled.“Hannah accepted?”
“Jennel did.She’s the homeowner?”
“Yes.She’s dating our speaker, who is a member of an XIA team.Well, and she’s with the entire team.”
Izzy chuckled.“That explains the fae energy in the space.I hear they are ravenous.”
“She made good matches with them.”
“Good.I will put wards up, but folks always try to poke their way in.”She answered a few more questions and looked at Oory.“Do you guys have any construction teams around here?The Lees’ dance card is regrettably full, and apparently, the minotaur king could send guys, but the ceilings are too low for the horns.”
Oory nodded.“We can get some together.Why?”
“Because I am going to eradicate all smoke-damaged and fire-damaged wood and replace it.The inspector will arrive just after I finish to check the work, and then it can be rebuilt.They are going to need outer walls and a new roof sharpish.”
Oory nodded.“Got it.I will talk to Day-ek about who he would like climbing all over his lady’s property.”
Izzy looked at her before putting her light lenses on.“Orcs just have to bring it around to sex.”
“Most species do.We are just very direct about it.”Oory chuckled.“You don’t have a partner?”
Orcs were nosy, so she just got to the basics.“Um, no.Echoes of a brutal encounter,I believe, is how orcs say it.”
Oory suddenly got motherly.“Are you okay?”
“It was decades ago, but I don’t let myself get into that situation.So, work and hobbies.Lots of fun.”
“Decades?How old are you, chicken?”
Izzy laughed.“Forty.I know.I look sixteen.Bad genes.”She got up, made sure everything was accounted for, and closed the hatch.“Right.I will see you tomorrow.Please make sure that your people aren’t inside the house.They will end up outside a lot bloodier than when they went in.Mostly in one piece, although limbs have been lost before.”
“Noted.”
“Well, I will see you tomorrow.Good day, Clan Chief.”
