Protagonistic Tendencies

[aerelm]

"Hmm... He sure sounds like a gifted individual, but a loose mouth is sure something I do not like. Either way, he would not be essential for this plan to work, as I happen to have a close friend dropping by in a couple of days who'd be more than capable and willing to get the job done and do it quietly... Ashtray!"

Pointing his cigarette at the robot standing by the other end of the terrace, he watched with a playful expression on his face as the robot picked up an ashtray from the table next to it and rushed toward him in a hurry. Putting his cigarette out with a chuckle, he continued,

"I like it when they do that. Anyways... As I was saying, this is going to be a personal project and I'd of course would prefer if it remains as "personal" as possible, as you'd understand. If you think Valetta would be too high profile a place to get this done quietly, or the chief engineer might go on in the hallways yapping his head off about it with a bottle of Ale in his hand, then redoing a few minor arrangements to have things moved to Cartagena shouldn't be a problem."

Lighting two cigarettes and silently passing one to the woman, he sits down again,

"Which brings us to the more important stuff... As always you've been an individual one can count on, and so what would the individual like to count on the one for?"