[ Even after Thoma drops his spear, Eustace hesitates, narrowed gaze shifting between the blond man, the still sputtering woman, and the street that they're on, currently devoid of people. He's never sensed any sort of deception from the man, even back when they'd met in Venera the first time, and he doesn't sense any now. He'd be hard-pressed not to take this deal.
Better would be if he tied up Thoma and then still kept his original prisoner close. There's nothing that says he has to be fair, nothing in the rulebook that says he has to abide by any verbal agreements made. His priority is his mission, after all, and his mission says to capture both rebel Venerans as well as any Pleroma that come knocking.
But in the end, he's also a man of his word, and as soon as he gets up and finishes tying Thoma up, he turns towards his previous prisoner, head jerking to the left as if to say get lost. The woman turns with alacrity, scrambling off down the streets and towards safety.
Surely the Regent will forgive him this one transgression.
(And maybe, just a little bit, he's tired of having to send largely innocent people to their deaths.)
Thoma's spear he picks up, if only so other potential rebels won't stumble across them and make use of them. It's a bit awkward, to have so many weapons stashed on his person now, but provided no further interference arrives, it shouldn't be a problem. ]
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Better would be if he tied up Thoma and then still kept his original prisoner close. There's nothing that says he has to be fair, nothing in the rulebook that says he has to abide by any verbal agreements made. His priority is his mission, after all, and his mission says to capture both rebel Venerans as well as any Pleroma that come knocking.
But in the end, he's also a man of his word, and as soon as he gets up and finishes tying Thoma up, he turns towards his previous prisoner, head jerking to the left as if to say get lost. The woman turns with alacrity, scrambling off down the streets and towards safety.
Surely the Regent will forgive him this one transgression.
(And maybe, just a little bit, he's tired of having to send largely innocent people to their deaths.)
Thoma's spear he picks up, if only so other potential rebels won't stumble across them and make use of them. It's a bit awkward, to have so many weapons stashed on his person now, but provided no further interference arrives, it shouldn't be a problem. ]
Let's go.