She certainly had been surprised by his words, and so his clarification of what he meant, which had been quite vague. Honestly, she was perfectly fine with it, better than fine. He likely would have ruined a scale, and that would have been horrifyingly wrong. And her focus could go entirely to the chimaera instead of having to be on him. Yes, it was definitely better all around.
"I will be right back," Felixa spoke, with a note in her voice that showed how much it pained her to leave the magnificent creature and its scales behind, even so temporarily. She handed over the first half of the payment before she left, in case Emil doubted her. However, Italy was within apparition distance, and she appeared in her family's home. Stepping quickly through the rooms to find where she had placed the exact sum she needed, the witch slipped it into her purse and apparated back, all in a matter of minutes.
Pulling out the other half of his payment, the witch handed it over, "It's been a pleasure doing business with you." More accurately, it was a pleasure to get a chimaera, but he had been her means.