"Very well." Sasaki slowly took a sit on the floor pad and gently gestured to his guests to do so as well with his right hand. "I understand your situation within the Task Force, it would be truly injudicious of me to ask for direct assistance when you have your own overwhelming burdens to bare." While initially he talked with a head bowed to the ground, he suddenly lifts his eyes to give a piercing stare to Mori. "It would be unwise to assume any neutral area is safe from the KOI's influence. We would ask to share intel only on our own stations or through heavily secured nodes, there's is little room for discussion on this I'm afraid. Concerning the plethora of boisterous neighbors on the southern edges of Kusari, the dragons prefer to not intervene in their aimless affairs but should you be in need of help, you wont be denied it."
Sasaki turns his head slightly towards his right hand man who was kneeling, head bowed, eyes fixed on the floor, hands resting quietly on his knees. "Abe, do we have information of this station our guests mentioned?" "No, sensei." Replied Abe firmly. "Ms Mori, you are to relay the necessary information on this station you mentioned, we will use it as an intermediary point for trade if you can vouch for its safety. What about the ships, Abe?" "The ships will be ready in 2 standard days time, sensei." "Good, I kindly invite our guests to stay on Kyoto for this short period. You will depart once everything is in order."
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