The fae don't like to 'owe' anyone anything, so they've paid something each time, so far.

[ That may or may not qualify as 'pay off', but at least it's something? ]

I gathered some plants for a few who offered a price up front, that one would have been easy to not participate in. When we were all shuffled off onto a 'mission', they decided to give us stuff afterwards.

[ She'd gotten Ecliptor's sword, her idiot brother got his glider, etc. ]

I haven't said no yet, no. I'm used to these games, I don't need to touch the lines to know where they're drawn.