He doesn't fight Amnos on the subject of repayment, he knows better by now. Thinking on it, he supposes there's a couple other places that sell magic'd items, but they were different. One, they didn't have Chris' spells -though there was likely overlap in function- while he worked for Nate, he didn't charm things for Nate or anyone except as gifts. Two, neither the Midnight Theatre nor Venia had Stonehewer wares. The name might not mean anything to Duplicity now, but Chris had little doubt Amnos would fix that in time, that was just who he was.

Amnos lighting up for the mention of the Arena doesn't surprise him either. Maybe he should have mentioned that first. "Mostly hand-to-hand, a lot like the sort of fights I did. Every few months, there's 'specialty fights' which are more..." He pauses to try and find the best words but gives up. It's Amnos, he's not delicate about this sort of thing. "Most of the fights are expected to end in sex, usually victor gets the spoils kind of thing. Didn't participate in the first one I saw, did in the next. Hasn't been another yet. Not much for entry fee in the regular Arena, you're a dominant so you can just show up and participate. Manager's a decent guy, you'd like him and I work as in-house for them, so I'll make sure you're set up whenever you need to let off some steam."