[Hmm. Not a bad name, Sokka. Though Gene respectfully recommends we keep Operation WAFFLE-O as a backup. Given the way things have been going so far.]
The fact that if they turn us down outright, we are both powerful and spiteful enough to burn the entire city to the ground, [Gene says lightly. It could almost be a joke, except he might be serious.] And the fact that, for the most part, giving our stuff back is less onerous than dealing with a campaign of concentrated harassment. [Unemployed Foreigners missing their trinkets have a lot of time on their hands and a lot of tenacity.]
Obviously, we have to prove to them that we're beneficial. Which is crap, of course, without us they'd still be petrified of Malicant...so maybe we should remind them of that fact.
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The fact that if they turn us down outright, we are both powerful and spiteful enough to burn the entire city to the ground, [Gene says lightly. It could almost be a joke, except he might be serious.] And the fact that, for the most part, giving our stuff back is less onerous than dealing with a campaign of concentrated harassment. [Unemployed Foreigners missing their trinkets have a lot of time on their hands and a lot of tenacity.]
Obviously, we have to prove to them that we're beneficial. Which is crap, of course, without us they'd still be petrified of Malicant...so maybe we should remind them of that fact.
[Make 'em an offer they can't refuse, Gene.]