Arthur and Clark got up from their seats and turned around. They heard Delia tell them to get their upfront pay from her assistant in the waiting room. Before leaving the room both of them turned their heads and nodded with a gracious smile.

Delia's assistant stared at the cricket and the human when she saw them coming, she rolled her eyes a bit. Arthur looked at the woman and didn't even bother to think about what made her eyes roll. "Lady, Delia said she would pay us upfront 5 gold each", he smiled and looked at Clark. Clark finished the sentence: "She told us you would give it us, please hand it over because my friend here is literally starving."

The assistant looked bothered and let out a low sigh. "Why won't she just leave me alone? I have dozens of things to do", she told them. She kept babbling on while opening a drawer of her desk to take out a money-box.

Clark and Arthur investigated the waiting room and gave a weird look at the lady. Surely it was crowded at the game tables, but the waiting room had been empty ever since they had walked in and the assistant did not seem to be working at all, but they noticed a pack of sigarettes and a lighter laying on the desk.

"Here's your money". Ten golden coins clattered on the desk in front of them, some almost rolled off of it. Arthur was quick enough to grab them and quickly take the rest of the coins as well. He shared half of it with Clark. "Thanks, Lady, so kind of you", Clark commented, "Now go and fill up your lungs with tar and nicotine!" Arthur made a gracious bow and made up a cynical laugh. Then they walked out of the building and said goodbye to the friendly bodyguard.