Valdis smirked, it took either immense bravery or immense stupidity to say 'no' to her, but she had no intention of retaliating.

"I think you misunderstand me," She replied gently, "I don't care about the movements of the Snakes, how much they charge for the drugs or how many weapons they have. All I care about is their intentions regarding us. All I am asking is that if you hear of any movements against the foreigners, to let me know so that I can head off any bloodshed. Unless of course you lied earlier when you said you hadn't abandoned us?"