Would Sampo like to say no thank you to this whole operation and leave? Sure. That would be great, he could get back to parting fools from their cash as usual and just ignore this whole unpleasant situation. But, there's a problem with that-- the Silvermane Guard knows that he's the one that tipped Wildfire off to the trafficking ring, and Pela has proof of it. If he tries to just back out of this, not only does he lose his chance at a get-out-of-all-charges free card, there's nothing stopping someone from leaking that nasty little tidbit of information to said traffickers. And maybe Gepard wouldn't be the kind of man to do that sort of thing, what with his upstanding moral code and whatnot, but not everyone is like Gepard Landau. There are plenty of people who might not have very many moral qualms at all with facilitating the disappearance of Sampo Koski.
When Sampo said they had him by the throat, he meant it.
Gepard issues orders with the ease of a man used to command-- leadership suits him well. Pela would be useful for finding out information in the Overworld, giving them that half of this trafficking equation, and Oleg could manage things in his own backyard. That left Sampo and the good captain, unlikely partners in this infiltration.
"You know that I love your company, Captain," he says, "but you're a little... how should I put it... high visibility? For what's essentially a scouting mission?"
He has a feeling that it's unlikely that Gepard will allow him to go on his own-- probably assuming that Sampo would run off, despite all of their collateral on him. Still, he has to try, because he knows that he'd move faster and less restricted on his own rather than with his tenacious chaperone.
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Date: 2023-08-04 08:36 pm (UTC)When Sampo said they had him by the throat, he meant it.
Gepard issues orders with the ease of a man used to command-- leadership suits him well. Pela would be useful for finding out information in the Overworld, giving them that half of this trafficking equation, and Oleg could manage things in his own backyard. That left Sampo and the good captain, unlikely partners in this infiltration.
"You know that I love your company, Captain," he says, "but you're a little... how should I put it... high visibility? For what's essentially a scouting mission?"
He has a feeling that it's unlikely that Gepard will allow him to go on his own-- probably assuming that Sampo would run off, despite all of their collateral on him. Still, he has to try, because he knows that he'd move faster and less restricted on his own rather than with his tenacious chaperone.