RE: Swamped
04-17-2019, 03:36 AM
Sounds like he's less than committed to his current comrades. He might jump at a chance to hedge his bets against some other party coming out the victor...
Offer a way out. Carma (or whoever) is going down, the master is going down, and the gods will have their vengeance. He doesn't need to compromise his position in any way that his employer can discover, but if he can point you in the right direction and keep quiet about your presence here, you can see to it that he's granted some leniency in the coming reprisal. He's relatively young, he could still have a chance to recover his future, even with his crimes. Your experience in the Marshguard has driven home that point.
But yeah, definitely knock him out when you get what you want. Not only does it give him plausible deniability if his betrayal of his current colleagues is discovered, but it gives you a longer window before he gets a chance to betray you.
Offer a way out. Carma (or whoever) is going down, the master is going down, and the gods will have their vengeance. He doesn't need to compromise his position in any way that his employer can discover, but if he can point you in the right direction and keep quiet about your presence here, you can see to it that he's granted some leniency in the coming reprisal. He's relatively young, he could still have a chance to recover his future, even with his crimes. Your experience in the Marshguard has driven home that point.
But yeah, definitely knock him out when you get what you want. Not only does it give him plausible deniability if his betrayal of his current colleagues is discovered, but it gives you a longer window before he gets a chance to betray you.