"I probably am a little," she admits. "... but really, you're doing the wrong thing for the right reason. That's forgivable, especially if we work to undo some of the damage. ...besides, I'm sure you can see where that kind of slippery slope leads to, when the likely 'there's no one else worthwhile, so I'll just take you' moment comes up. It just gets worse and worse and eventually you gave everything."

She squeezes her hand. "So I want to prevent that. So, yeah, let's go figure something out." She leads the way out towards the nearby campus food court.

"I mean, the classic offering is to retrieve a McGuffin for them, right? A magical artifact, some old tome or scroll or something.

"...maybe an ancient vampire? Or his secrets?" she muses. Could be one way to get rid of two birds with one stone.