"The matter at hand is that we return Factol, but with certain conditions. We have right to be heard, but also right to take what belongs to us. Alliance is a two-way deal. We scratch your backs, and you scratch ours."
There was a sad shake of head with deep sigh.
"Our support of your troops in assailing Gatehouse alone makes us obliged to just hand over bill with outrageous sum... which we would do if we were some anarchists. But we are here for negotiations, to discuss every possibility with you as your comrades in art of words and deeds do."
A Shaken Alliance
