Talks of Business

[Creutzfeuer]

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Pyke's hand came down flat on the table, sending a creaking through it. His face a mixture of mirth and interest.

"Shall the void come and take me!", he bellowed.

"A Libertonian leading a Rheinland insurgency, owning expensive furniture, coming all the way here to negotiate with a Rheinland expatriate. You find me surprised, Mister Hollywood, as information about your person is hard to come by.
Yes, about the Unioners there is plenty of information - yet you are more ...cautious... than your predecessors, if memory serves.
Be that as it may, you will know best what is good for you. As do I."

Straightening up in his seat and folding his arms in front of his barrel-like chest, he continued slowly:

"And so far, we have not yet managed to work anything out, good sir. I do intend to keep peace with everybody who comes with open mind and wallet. Take it as a token of my genuine interest
that I will listen to your ...ideas... as open-minded as is possible for someone in my position. I will deliberate on everything you say with utmost economic solemness."

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