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[ret2go]

That whole thing was a pain in the butt. I hope that's not a regular occurrence...

[The girl with the pointy ears and purple hair heaves a very audible sigh.] --right, though, that's besides the point! I had a question.

If you could wish for anything, anything at all, what would it be? Just out of curiosity. There's no real reason for me asking, uh, just wondering!

[Shantae is a bad liar.]

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[snarkbot]

My apologies, miss. [ To his credit, he doesn't miss a beat. ]

I'm sure he would.

Did you have something you would wish for, miss...?

[ret2go]

Everyone keeps asking me that, and I really don't know! It's not often that we're the ones getting asked what we'd wish for.

I still can't think of anything but snacks.

[snarkbot]

To be fair, miss, having only recently tried snacks myself it is a legitimate wish. But excuse me if I'm rude, may I ask what "we" you are referring to?

[ret2go]

Oh, uh. Well, er.

...genies, I guess.

[snarkbot]

[ Oh, that's different. But really... explains a lot. ]

Hence the initial question and possibly your reluctance to admit your reason for asking?

[ret2go]

Yyyyyyep.

I've done the wish thing before, but only once. It's interesting to think about doing here, I guess, but... that might get out of hand fast.

[snarkbot]

[ Skeets is by no means a genie or a granter of wishes, but there's something oddly relatable here. ]

I would imagine so, given human nature. If I were to make a suggestion, I wouldn't advertise it.

[ret2go]

You really think so? I was thinking I could do it as a side job. That's kinda why I asked. I wanted to know what kinds of wishes people might want to make.

[snarkbot]

In that case, I would change my suggestion to making your limitations and possible fee clear up front.

[ret2go]

I'd like to, but I sorta don't know what all the limitations are.

None of the full genies left notes on that sort of thing when they vanished, so I've kinda had to figure it out on my own...

[snarkbot]

That does sounds like a dilemma, miss. [ There's a pause as he thinks about this, and a human would fill it with a "hmm" or "haw" but he falls silent. ]

Then perhaps you could stipulate limitations not based on what you're capable of doing but rather based on what you're willing to do. Perhaps add a disclaimer to make sure [ - another short pause as he tries to find the proper term - ] your clients are aware that you might not be able to fulfill the wishes.

[ret2go]

So you mean... some kind of contract ahead of time? That's not a bad idea.

The only things I know is that you can't wish away someone else's free will, and that you get three of them. But if they ask, and I don't grant it, does it still count as one of the three...? I don't know that part.

[snarkbot]

You could offer refunds in the case that happens. If you find out later that the wish doesn't count towards the total three wishes, you could quietly take that off the contract.

[ Beat. ]

But you may wish to speak with a registered lawyer before drawing anything up.

[ret2go]

I don't know any lawyers, though.

Like, seriously, any. I've never met one.

[snarkbot]

You are a very, very lucky... genie.

[ret2go]

It's not really a major industry back home. I do know pirates, though. How's that measure up?