His offer seemed to have worked its charm quite well. He congratulated himself on having had the insight to put it to Chir'daki on the basis of that slip of tongue. He'd not done something so instinctive for ... well, not for a long time.

Maybe he'd do well to be a bit more spontaneous again in his dealings with other people.

Of course it wouldn't be this easy from hereon. Darven held no doubts that Chir'daki would prove every bit a sharp negotiatior while settling the details of a contract between the two operations, but there was a price to every success, and if the Guild wanted to succeed then they did need the support of these organisations, Black Sun as well as every other major player out there.

Something told him dealing with Black Sun would be a much simpler affair than trying to get the same out of the Empire's agents.

"That's a fair assumption," he therefore replied to the agent, and inclined his head in agreement, while his mind already started wondering in advance what sort of a deal an Inquisitor might try to cut with them, and how much of the guild might be left over after it.