Blackfeather Woods phoenix; you can't touch her without burning

Silence comes for a beat after her retreat into the shadows, then he turns heel to leave.  She's fine with this — he is under no obligation to help.  She'll just have to work him a while and see if he will crack.  So far he has been the most assuring and helpful aside from Maegi (although that is not saying much considering she has had all of three visitors).  

Then he freezes, a shiver rippling down the length of his spine.  Fear flows through her as she wonders if he has changed his mind; if now will be the time he chooses to hurt her.  The silence between them continues.  He turns around, hesitantly.

"If I did agree to help you ...what could you promise me in return?"

A thin smile forms at the edge of her lips, a sinister and definitively uncharacteristic glimmer in her eye.  There are dark hands at work as she leans in and mouths, We won't kill your family.  Just Mou.