I haven't made it that far but I was thinking we should come up with some questionnaire, and I'd like to talk to the spymaster about it. I have to admit that maintaining relationships is what I'm best at, rather than brokering new ones.
She'll have ideas, and I daresay we need that maintenance more than anything just now. Friends are fickle things in war.
To that end, I'd ask to be kept abreast of those screened out of consideration. Particularly those with questionable ties. It may be of use in tracking Venatori connections through the South. We've a number of profiteers whose deals need be shut or diverted.
I'm finding that out. It's hard if we're hit like we were with the tower, people — it's not that they lose faith but that they imagine our coin being hit next and going into the sea, or something.
Of course. Every acquisition is special in the eyes of the Maker.
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I'm afraid we look a riskier investment than years past, but we're also further from our old ties. Separating from the March has lost us security, and perhaps widened our pool of friends. They know we need to pay our bills.
It has widened. (The lists of contacts that she has for trade alone are significant.) It's a good thing, of course it is, but it makes for a lot of work.
(A chuckle.) I was supposed to be running my parent's business after their retirement. You know? This is much bigger than that.
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To that end, I'd ask to be kept abreast of those screened out of consideration. Particularly those with questionable ties. It may be of use in tracking Venatori connections through the South. We've a number of profiteers whose deals need be shut or diverted.
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Thank you, truly. I didn't even think of that.
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[ but less blithely: ]
I'm afraid we look a riskier investment than years past, but we're also further from our old ties. Separating from the March has lost us security, and perhaps widened our pool of friends. They know we need to pay our bills.
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(A chuckle.) I was supposed to be running my parent's business after their retirement. You know? This is much bigger than that.
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(And she still sounds just as casually optimistic when she says,) No, that ship has sailed. My younger brother'll have the job now.
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Do you have any siblings?
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