Sampo is a criminal, a known con-man, and it would make sense for him to be running in some of the same circles as these traffickers; a member of Wildfire would have to come up with a whole new identity, go undercover to avoid being found out for who they are. There's less risk of suspicion if the person that you're using is a criminal informant rather than an undercover law enforcer.
"Having Koski spares us from having to make a new alias for a member of Wildfire, and less chances of someone finding out about it," Pela says. "And I have reason to believe that he won't want to sell us out."
"Sell you out? Me? I'm hurt you'd even suggest it! I have standards, you know," Sampo replies in protest; Gepard's suspicion could mean his get-out-of-jail free card disappears into thin air, and there are a few things on the old criminal record that he'd really rather disappeared instead.
"When Wildfire first began looking into the matter, they ran into a lot of roadblocks, information-wise," the intelligence officer continues, and Sampo immediately decides that he doesn't like how this conversation is going. "But they started receiving tips and information from an anonymous source that proved critical to their investigation. This didn't come up in our meeting, Gepard, but Seele asked me to look into the anonymous source, and I was able to track down their identity."
Ah. Yes, Sampo really doesn't like where this has gone. No good deed goes unpunished, apparently.
"You were already helping the investigation, Koski. This is your opportunity to do more than just leave a few tips. Besides, if Koski did try to sell us out," And this is much more for Gepard's sake than Sampo's, as he's already well aware of what she's about to mention, "what do you think would happen when they realize that he's the reason that Wildfire is onto them in the first place?"
"You are good at your job, Miss Sergeyevna," he says a little weakly. He hates getting caught like this; where did he slip up? He's always careful when it comes to intel. "Got me coming and going."
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Date: 2023-07-25 04:55 pm (UTC)"Having Koski spares us from having to make a new alias for a member of Wildfire, and less chances of someone finding out about it," Pela says. "And I have reason to believe that he won't want to sell us out."
"Sell you out? Me? I'm hurt you'd even suggest it! I have standards, you know," Sampo replies in protest; Gepard's suspicion could mean his get-out-of-jail free card disappears into thin air, and there are a few things on the old criminal record that he'd really rather disappeared instead.
"When Wildfire first began looking into the matter, they ran into a lot of roadblocks, information-wise," the intelligence officer continues, and Sampo immediately decides that he doesn't like how this conversation is going. "But they started receiving tips and information from an anonymous source that proved critical to their investigation. This didn't come up in our meeting, Gepard, but Seele asked me to look into the anonymous source, and I was able to track down their identity."
Ah. Yes, Sampo really doesn't like where this has gone. No good deed goes unpunished, apparently.
"You were already helping the investigation, Koski. This is your opportunity to do more than just leave a few tips. Besides, if Koski did try to sell us out," And this is much more for Gepard's sake than Sampo's, as he's already well aware of what she's about to mention, "what do you think would happen when they realize that he's the reason that Wildfire is onto them in the first place?"
"You are good at your job, Miss Sergeyevna," he says a little weakly. He hates getting caught like this; where did he slip up? He's always careful when it comes to intel. "Got me coming and going."