Aliani's face remained as impassive as he could make it during the revelation. There was a similar concept in one of those farcical capers he'd read a few years back, everyone falling over themselves in order to get to the prize at the end... would it make sense to mention that a couple of Devargo's men were only alive because of their efforts? Probably not; they were likely just pawns on a chessboard to him, to be sacrificed on the way to the king... aha.

"Well, see, that's a big problem. Associate of ours, yes. Aforementioned date, also yes. She's a bit of an individualist, but, if we're to have a proper chance at defeating Lamm, we'll need her along. She's an essential part of the plan. So it'd have to be the other way around, you give her to us, we go take care of Lamm together, and we'll make very sure impress upon her the importance of never, ever, darkening your door again. That'd be a fair deal, right? I mean, you can torture a random twiddlefingers any day of the week, but like you said, it's tonight or never for Lamm, and we're going to need all the firepower we can get to make our best effort... bints included."

"Isn't that right, Master Rittle?"

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Not sure what Dalen's plan will be, but either a Diplomacy roll from me, or using this to aid another if he's going to try something suitably diplomatic, would make sense.