The Pecos Meeting

[Nodoka Hanamura]

She nods in affirmation, her bob-cut hair jostling slightly with the nod. "Of course, Albert. Offer the branch to those who want it, and if they rebuke it, drop the hammer." she says, before ceding the floor.

Asuna chimes in immediately after Jasper's statement, a befuddled anger as to what in the fresh Liberty-style Erie-fried hell she just heard standing up and staring at Jasper with absolute frustration, managing to catch the glass aimed at her and slamming it down onto the table, barely avoiding shattering it.

"Are you on meth? Noxing out? Or are you slogging, because that has to be the most absurd thing I've heard! Have you ever stepped foot in the Taus? The Maskers would be more open to shoot at us than tolerate us, after everything we've done. The answer to that is absolutely the fuck not, at least when it comes to me, and my men. I will not let any more of my fellow miners be chained to that goddamn drug, or any other for that matter!"

She stops to collect her breath. "But... she does have, some semblance of a point with Liberty. They've rendered no respect to us, so why should we respect their embargo? I say we dedicate some of our logistics pool to Kusari. At least they treat us as well as they do the GMG to my recollection. Maybe do it under the table - unmarked transports."

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