At Ivory's response, the smile immediately fell from Geralt's face and was replaced by a look of annoyance. Of course she would take umbridge with his first, and best idea. He had respected the woman as an artist, couldn't she see that this was the most daring plan with the most payoff? Although, he could believe that her personal grudge against him would cause her to shoot the idea down, part of him had expected her to accept it just to prove a point.

He would have retorted more nastily, if her explanation of her reasoning didn't make sense. Although he was still unhappy with this decision, he could see that Ivory cared for her act in a deeply personal way. It was meaningful to her, this performance and the audience's perception of it. He remembered a time when he felt that way about his act...now it was just like tracing over the same line a hundred times.

He pushed these thoughts from his head and sighed, crossing his arms over his chest. [color=crimson]"Alright...I can't argue with that. It is your act, and I wouldn't want to...[i]soil[/i] it's presentation of you."[/color] He let this hang in the air for a moment, then added, [color=crimson]"Let's hear your counter-offer."[/color] He had a feeling that all of his ideas, and especially the ones that involved physical contact between the two of them, would be unsavory to the disgruntled vampiress, so it was probably best if she pitched to him instead.