Josiah's a colleague of yours? [It's not odd to her that someone who employs household staff would also have someone dealing with strategy, of one sort or another.]

I'm sure you'd be valuable on patrol. It's really something that people take their own initiative with, but if you do it, and you find anything suspicious, you can always call me in to help deal with it. Any time.

I suppose the other request is more personal. I'm writing something at the moment. It's a surprise, for a friend here. Maybe you could look it over - although I'm not sure what I can do for you in return. What do you need help with?

[Ari Tayrey is learning from her mistakes and not throwing the word contract at new people right away, but that doesn't mean she has abandoned the principle. Any agreement has to be mutually beneficial.]