The information broker

[Tenacity]

Thorn chuckled at the offer.

"That's kind of you miss, but the second I take your offer the general here will have my ship labelled kill on sight in Liberty space. Again, I cant have that. You two ladies need to understand my position in all of this, we never intended to acquire this information, and so far it's proving to be a bit of a nuisance in my preferred lifestyle."

Dekker shifted his weight and spoke up, "Cap'n, ya cant expect these lassies to understand our 'simple talk', these sophisticated types dont give a damn about anything but their luxury liners and peace of mind. I say we shoot the both of them, be rid of this mess once 'n for all."

"Dekker, you might be one tough son of a rucker but you aint got squat for brains," Thorn snapped, "The general here most likely has a ship just outside of the station's sensor range, we kill her and they'll blast us to dust. Likewise, our friend from the Order probably has spies working for every faction in Sirius, and they'd sabotage us without a second thought. Diplomacy would suit us better here than your firepower."

Thorn turned back to the two women and continued, "As I was sayin, I just want to be rid of this so I can get back to the work I actually profit from. And, no offense beautiful, but one million credits is pretty sub-par for my jobs. So here's my offer; I give you both a copy of the disk, and you get the hell off this station and take your fight elsewhere."

Thorn reached forward and snatched up the device on the table, "I will take that million credits though, and likewise from you Miss liberty. Now we're all happy... I've got my pay, you two have the information you were after, even though neither wanted the other to get ahold of it. Frankly I dont give a damn if you start shooting at each other the second you leave this station, as long as you leave me and mine out of it. We clear?"

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