Oddly enough in my line of work I've found the opposite to be true. [Which-- well, honestly, it's only half a lie: the range of backstabbing thieves and conmen sits somewhere in the high percentages, but there's nothing she values more than the few that've had her back.

Still, selling that charming slice of noble chatter won't make this process go any smoother, and Chloe's a touch too smart to go shooting herself in the foot.] So unless you and your mates are offering me a shiny new honorary mercenary badge I'll set my offer at a promise to call on you sometime in the future when things are more than a little dodgy.