[In reply, Ecks lets out a long, low groan. She does not want to tell him no deal and wait for "a bit" while Alfie tries to sell her fake animals to other people. Worse than that, she cannot do the other thing he has just told her to do. Forgetting is not possible.
She spends a moment trying to coax Alfie into making another offer, only to be stymied.]
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She spends a moment trying to coax Alfie into making another offer, only to be stymied.]
He is not making an offer.