As the three turned to each other, Ms. Ng was the one who first looked at me and gave a reply:
"Very well, it's only proper for us to give you a general idea of the territories we occupy but do understand that even if we're in a would-be alliance, we can't just divulge everything. However, do know that we'll give our word that what we're telling you after this will be the absolute truth. Is that acceptable?"
On that note, not to copy what they did— no, we totally fucking did, the four of us looked at each other for a moment before I replied:
"Very acceptable."
"Then—"
"But do know our 'generous-ness' would greatly vary from the solid information we'd get."
Mr. Guzman asked, "What does that mean?"
"I'll tell you straight. We were generous enough to give this place a solid top-up and a mutually beneficial partnership that hopefully lasts a lifetime, but do know that as much as we love a harmonious relationship with our neighbors, it should be a give-and-take relationship, no?"
