[ As unhappy as he sounds about that, the brevity of the response is because it is clearly futile to dwell on it more. Silco is not the intended audience for such gripes anyway.
And more to the point, he probably should not squander this show of kindness on more time wasted thinking about the Council's motives. And isn't having a bar run by one of their own great for morale, as well? Miller exhales heavily upon the seeming change in tune. ]
How could I turn that offer down? I will be there. You can count on it. Do you already have the opening date planned?
[Or very fortunately. He had been using teenage boys for years to be spies and part of gangs to bring him information, and he could always count on their dumb idea of heroics to get them into trouble. It wasn't their fault; they thought themselves more than what they were for such a young age and life lessons came with plenty of beatings if one got it wrong. This place was no different.
He announced the bar and planned on keeping it on the down low that he now also had a controlling interest in the forge. It was all coming together, and it seemed caused for celebration. After all, he could funnel his winnings in through the businesses and no one should be any wiser.]
Close to the end of the month, I'm afraid. The place experienced quite the shake up before it came here thanks to someone picking a fight with my old second in command. The renovations are quite extensive, and I want to do it right if I'm to do it at all.
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[ As unhappy as he sounds about that, the brevity of the response is because it is clearly futile to dwell on it more. Silco is not the intended audience for such gripes anyway.
And more to the point, he probably should not squander this show of kindness on more time wasted thinking about the Council's motives. And isn't having a bar run by one of their own great for morale, as well? Miller exhales heavily upon the seeming change in tune. ]
How could I turn that offer down? I will be there. You can count on it. Do you already have the opening date planned?
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[Or very fortunately. He had been using teenage boys for years to be spies and part of gangs to bring him information, and he could always count on their dumb idea of heroics to get them into trouble. It wasn't their fault; they thought themselves more than what they were for such a young age and life lessons came with plenty of beatings if one got it wrong. This place was no different.
He announced the bar and planned on keeping it on the down low that he now also had a controlling interest in the forge. It was all coming together, and it seemed caused for celebration. After all, he could funnel his winnings in through the businesses and no one should be any wiser.]
Close to the end of the month, I'm afraid. The place experienced quite the shake up before it came here thanks to someone picking a fight with my old second in command. The renovations are quite extensive, and I want to do it right if I'm to do it at all.