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Charlie let out a bit of a laugh at Zodiac telling her that should couldn't afford her. Though, at this point, she was probably right. Still, she took the pricing list from Zo and glanced over it as she moved to the door to help a customer that came in. 'Best to start simple' she thought about that as she watched Zo with the other customer, making it look like she was reading over the prices and taking them in, even though just the slightest glance was enough for her to have ever option and every price down in her head. She need only close her eyes and she would see the list just as clearly as if she opened her eyes and looked down at the slip of paper in her hand.

When Zodiac returned, she smiled to her and glanced down at the list once again and then back to the woman before her. "Sounds like a plan. Should I just call when I have time or do you want to pick out a date and time right now? Truthfully either works for me so I'm pretty flexible." She said with a smirk and glanced around "And while I may be a science type, I was raised religious, I tended to piss off my Sunday school teachers." She added with a laugh, "But I know that sometimes there are just things that are beyond our control. So I am up to see what your spirits and cards say about me and my future."

"I see it as a challenge, to see if I can figure out how you do the things you do. If I can't explain it then I'm sure you will make a believer out of me." She said with another laugh.

Charlie gave a nod of her head as she glanced back down at the brochure in her hand even though she really didn't need to, it was just one of those involuntary things she did to keep people off the track that she had such an ability as to remember everything she saw and now with her vampire mind she didn't even feel that clutter she used to feel when she was a human. In-depth was good, that meant that she would really show her things she had either never seen before or would be totally off the mark.

She glanced back as she heard the girl's voice behind her and then glanced back to Zodiac. That was still something she was getting used too, the fact that the woman could speak to her and anyone really with her mind. It made her wonder if she did such things in front of the humans. Given that she had been part of the group that hated any and all idea that human's knew about vampires when Charlie had been beaten to death, she would probably guess the answer to that question was no.

Shaking away the thoughts, she once again lifted her eyes to Zo and listened as she spoke about the times that she would be free for a reading. Charlie smiled a little at hearing that the woman would be free relatively soon, for some reason, the idea of getting one of these sooner rather than later excited her to a small amount that showed in her eyes in the way the chocolate seemed to warm and melt - or at least hold the impression that they did so. She began to think of things she would as and as she did Zodiac went on to talk about how she was too close to be able to explain and it made sense, so she would definitely have to be the objective view point in this. That was something that she was rather good at.

It wasn't until Zo mentioned that she would treat the session like that of a doctor visit, that anything said would be between them, and most likely the cats. She glanced for the kitten and its mother for a moment before she nodded again and finally spoke up, having not wanted to interrupt Zo as she explained things before. "Well then the ten card spread sounds like what I will do, also since you said you are free tomorrow, I'll take any time you are free then. I'm quite interested to see how this works, that said, I'll be truthful, I was a bit worried, and still a bit am about the things that may or may not come up. Especially with how we first met. I know it was just business to you but it does have me mildly on edge, even though since I adopted Morpheus you have been nothing but kind. I hope you can understand that, I don't say it to be mean, I just don't see the point in lying, especially if you find it out tomorrow anyways." She said with a bit of a nervous chuckle.

Charlie blinked for a moment as Zodiac brought up the Mausoleum. She had not really spent time there since the attack, not wanting to end up tired and in need of rest there. That being said, she had noticed the army around the place but she was sure that it had nothing to do with vampires, just like the quarantine had nothing to do with vampires. Yes, vampires were there, but the thing that people were trying to hide from the human race wasn't vampires, but zombies and in the Mausoleum there were zombies and creatures of things she didn't even know how to explain. And then those freakish zombie animals. She sighed, shaking her head. She didn't agree that that was something between vampires and humans, that was humans trying to hide from other humans the existence of zombies.

Still, she managed to relax a little more as she continued to tell her that she was a customer and that she would not allow the bounty to cross into that with her. It was something that she had to respect about the woman, even if there were still lingering effects of the attack haunting her from time to time. It wasn't so much the fact that they had attacked, but the place that attack had sent her too. Just the mere thought of it caused her to shudder a little, something she was sure that Zodiac would pick up on, even if she didn't say anything about it. She took a breath though to steady herself and she shook the images away so that she could concentrate on what the lady before her was saying. Of course, as she shook the last image from her head, Zodiac was coming to a close on her rant. The change was almost enough to give her whiplash but she ignored it and put on a light smile as Zo then handed her a card with the information.

She glanced at it, again converting the information to memory, she would not need it anymore but she held onto it just because and nodded to Zodiac. "While I don't agree with your idea about the Mausoleum, I thank you for your assurance that I am safe here and I will let you know if things change, but so far, I don't see things getting in the way of me dropping in tomorrow night." She said softly and held her hand out for the woman to shake. "We can continue our convo tomorrow I assume?" She asked as curiously.

Charlie gave a smile as the woman shook her hand, in that moment, she concentrated on the woman and gave her an inspiring boost and then pulled her hand back as well. "I am glad to hear it, though I don't believe you have been ranting too much today, at least, not any more than I may have." She said with a light laughter, gathering her goods before she glanced around, giving a nod to Zodiac's assistant and then giving Ginny one final scratch before she lifted her brown gaze to Zodiac just as her words filtered into her mind once again. She was getting used to the feeling of the woman's words in her mind, and was even beginning to consider the idea of speaking to the wraith guide she had spoken to about learning such powers.

With a blink, Charlie pulled herself out of her thoughts and smiled to Zo, "Thank you, I do try to be very careful now a day." She said and then gave the woman a wink. "I will see you tomorrow night. Have a good night yourself, and thanks again." Charlie said as she lifted the bag to let her know she was talking about helping her find the things she bought. It was then that she turned and headed for the door, smiling to the assistant once more on the way since she was unable to give a wave with her hands and arms currently full of the products she had bought.

Outside, she nearly skipped out of the market place and headed across the street to her apartment so that she could introduce Morpheus - who, as she walked into her apartment, was currently sleeping in his castle on his back until he heard the door close. Then he was nearly trying to kill her by weaving between her feet.