A slow, malicious smile spread across Maleficent's face. "I do desire it, though the time when I will need your skills is not yet at hand. One of my associates must bring me an object which I have long sought, and then it must be . . . well, there are magics that must be worked upon it, and that will also require some time. After that, there is the simple matter of the conquest of a world, more magic, and then . . . then at last I will require your talents. It is after all, what your gifts were meant for."