The girl stood tall. She stared at me silently and showed no reaction. “What the fuck are you, dude?”
“Not even surprised?” I chuckled.
The girl sighed in annoyance and sat down in front of me, tossing her rag on my table. “Look, it’s been a shit week in this dump. All I need is some fucking wizard or something messing with me.”
“Okay, you don’t have to-“ I began, but she cut me off sharply and pointed her finger up for silence.
“No.” She said simply. “Go fuck with somebody else. I know what I saw. I don’t want any part of whatever you’re about.”
She rose from the table and scoffed at me. I stared back with a smirk. She went back to cleaning tables.
“Okay. Aren’t you even a little curious about what I can do?” I put my head into my hands and waited.
She turned, a sudden and bewildered look on her face, and I saw her hard expression fade slightly.
“Whatever you want.” I grinned.
The girl snorted derisively and shook her head. “Yeah? Prove it!” She put her hand on her hip smugly. “Pay off my art school loans.”
“Okay.” I shrugged. “I wish your art school loans were paid off.”
The girl blinked and suspiciously drew her phone out of her pocket. She logged into something, tapping slowly, and then her eyes went wide.
“Holy shit.” She whispered. I caught her staring at the balance owing on some kind of banking site. Of course it was zero.
She put her phone back slowly, spooked, and stared at me for a few minutes in pale silence.
“Okay, seriously...” She finally said, voice wavering. “What are you?”
“Just a guy with a magic ring.” I grinned. “In fact, I haven’t even used it yet, really. I just got it.”
She looked at my hands nervously and saw the simple gold ring. She frowned slightly but nodded. “Okay. Cool.” She said with a suddenly shaky voice. “Why... me?”
“I thought you were cute.” I shrugged.
She stared at me and realization hit. “Oh yeah!” She laughed. “You were checking me out like a creep! I saw you!”
A second realization hit and she visibly stopped and gulped. “Hey...” She said nervously. “You just did the necklace thing, right? Like... you didn’t fuck with me, did you?”
“Do you want me to?” I grinned. “Because that sounds much more enjoyable.”
She visibly reeled back and blinked. “Uh, dude, you don’t even know my name.”