Odd Company

[Victor Steiner]

He chuckled, self interest was not unfamiliar to any organization, why should it be any different for Corsairs? So you think I might be able to help you rise through the ranks eh? Give you information that your superiors might find interesting, or targets you could kill to get you noticed. Not an unreasonable position, I could help you. The question is of course, why should I? You've been good enough to keep me alive, but can I trust you to be honest with me? Can I trust you won't betray me at some point? There was no real answer to those questions, if he was honest with himself. He could help, but would he risk it? He didn't know, she was still an unknown to him, a pretty unknown, but not one he was going to simply agree with because of her looks or her surprisingly open demeanor.

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