[I know you don't know how. She doesn't say it. The reason she doesn't is . . . complicated, but it starts with the fact that she'd give him a free favor if she thought he'd accept it and ends with the fact that just talking to him is already helping.]
[There's also the fact that no, he doesn't need to know. He barely even needs to care.]
[She makes a noise of assent, of confirmation: they have a deal.]
Good.
You're a valuable business partner. [It's mostly a joke. But only mostly.]
[voice ; private]
[There's also the fact that no, he doesn't need to know. He barely even needs to care.]
[She makes a noise of assent, of confirmation: they have a deal.]
Good.
You're a valuable business partner. [It's mostly a joke. But only mostly.]