( This... relic. The symbol of an ancient... scratched, brass, perfectly benign and pedestrian item —
Well. Well, then. They do say the finest archeological discoveries are perfectly mundane, and look. This one, carefully collected between Hector's greedy fingers and showing with perfect flair from the side, is the dullest of them all. )
It's worth a handsome sum. ( Of exactly one tenth of a coin and spittle. ) But we're not greedy. We understand the foundation of a great relationship is respect. And we show it.
( Here, now, by placing the clasp on the table, where the man watches with careful, calculated appreciation, before waving an underling over to take it in hand and deliver it the two steps to him. Yes. He is pleased. If not by the token, then certainly by its implications. )
All we ask is the chance to do business. And we will pay for that opportunity. A cut of our gains, whatever they may be, of any bounty you... facilitate by supplying the lists. A finder's fee. My bodyguard and I thought it through, and it seems only... respectful. In fact, my bodyguard insisted. Isn't that so?
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Well. Well, then. They do say the finest archeological discoveries are perfectly mundane, and look. This one, carefully collected between Hector's greedy fingers and showing with perfect flair from the side, is the dullest of them all. )
It's worth a handsome sum. ( Of exactly one tenth of a coin and spittle. ) But we're not greedy. We understand the foundation of a great relationship is respect. And we show it.
( Here, now, by placing the clasp on the table, where the man watches with careful, calculated appreciation, before waving an underling over to take it in hand and deliver it the two steps to him. Yes. He is pleased. If not by the token, then certainly by its implications. )
All we ask is the chance to do business. And we will pay for that opportunity. A cut of our gains, whatever they may be, of any bounty you... facilitate by supplying the lists. A finder's fee. My bodyguard and I thought it through, and it seems only... respectful. In fact, my bodyguard insisted. Isn't that so?