...I was told to accept bribes from Westerlen officials. Apparently it's the "only way anything gets done on this moon."
[He bristles at Rhys's comment, looking even more like an angry cat. He's not a Dog to be controlled by the Nine like Giovanni. It's a struggle to regain his carefully blank expression, but after a moment he regards Rhys in a flat tone.]
I have no doubt that you could, but since you're outside my designated chain of command, it would require a large amount of inter-departmental paperwork. Exceptionally tedious paperwork.
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...I was told to accept bribes from Westerlen officials. Apparently it's the "only way anything gets done on this moon."
[He bristles at Rhys's comment, looking even more like an angry cat. He's not a Dog to be controlled by the Nine like Giovanni. It's a struggle to regain his carefully blank expression, but after a moment he regards Rhys in a flat tone.]
I have no doubt that you could, but since you're outside my designated chain of command, it would require a large amount of inter-departmental paperwork. Exceptionally tedious paperwork.