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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cerebral Paladin" data-source="post: 3451994" data-attributes="member: 3448">The Harlequin ignored this comment and shook his head, as if in a reverie.  “Eighteen out of twenty… I never could have imagined that a mission among humans could cost so much.” <<Hmmm,>> thought Alistair.  <<Ask him if his order would take a contract on Quinliart.  I’m sick and tired of him.>> <<Oh, nice…  Let’s see.>> “Would your Society be willing to accept a commission against Quinliart?” asked Kit, drawing a startled and dismayed look from Dame Brionna. “After this debacle?  Certainly.  The Order would entertain it.  But even if you did hire the order, the two who are not bested would still try to accomplish their mission.  They will keep trying until they are dead.” <<Interesting.  Get a price quote.>> “About how much would it cost?  We are not negotiating for the contract now but simply want more information to consider the matter.” “Quinliart has embarrassed the Order and tainted the Threefold Path.  The masters who negotiate our prices would take that into account and reduce our requirements accordingly.  I suspect not more than a million gold.” <<A million gold?>> boggled Alistair.  <<At a reduced price?>> <<Yeah.>>  Kit thought about it, trying to even imagine what a million gold meant.  She knew that the Archduchy’s finances involved vastly more money than she had ever thought about before leaving Enclaves-- probably more money than she had imagined existed in the whole world.  But even trying to get used to that new scale, a million gold, for a single assassination, was simply beyond comprehension. Dame Brionna asked a question to make sure they did not inadvertently mistreat one of their prisoners.  “Do we need to worry about a drug you have taken corrupting you?” “No.  I have taken no such drugs.” On Alistair’s prompting, Kit followed up.  “What about the Masters?” “The Master Unbidden may have.  There was enough for all of us, but few would take it, since it ends the life.  The Master Unbidden may have, for he believed this would lead to the fall of an elven kingdom.  He may have viewed the glory of accomplishing that goal as sufficient to justify his death.”</blockquote>

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