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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Autumn" data-source="post: 3523778" data-attributes="member: 50015">Jale's other eyebrow rises to match the first at the mention of the sum. Both are quickly lowered. "Indeed, that will do quite nicely," Jale replies smoothly.  Dormiano's waffling musings on the cupidity of assassins does little except bore him. Certainly, he can't be offended by such a rambling and hypocritical observation. The elf silently wonders whether it was that same philosophical bent that won the Pugio his position, his wealth, his power and his women - or whether perhaps they were accomplished by precisely the same ruthless mercenary instinct that he is now proselytizing so tediously about.  He says nothing, of course. It's not in his interests to deflate this windbag just yet, and he's reconciled to the idea that perhaps it never will be. It would certainly be endlessly entertaining to put his pomposity on the rack and see how far it could stretch... but such pleasures are only permissible so long as they don't interfere with business.  One smooth hand reaches out and takes the identity papers prepared, scanning over them before tucking them away in a jacket pocket.  Out of the corner of one eye he is watching the shifts in Nix's form. He's either insane, or else simply making a point of being unsettling tonight. Either way, it raises some concerns. Still, the final disguise he settles on seems convincing enough. So long as he can work around his insanity or perversity - or whatever it is - long enough to function efficiently when it is called for, that will have to be enough. Five thousand gold is a big enough payout to make Jale overlook any reservations he might have concerning his colleagues, as well as his employer. In any case, so far it's been worth putting up with the unbalanced changeling just for the brief contortion of fear he managed to produce on Dormiano's face.</blockquote>

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