Naria's balance failed her as she wobbled the numbers in her head. As if all sense of balance and ups and downs was rejected by her mind, she fell of the stationary chair and landed on her behind. Had any bounty hunter ever recieved that amount of credit before? Not even in holovids had she seen the numbers that circled her head be mentioned to a bounty hunter.
4.000.000 credits was more than enough for a lesser vessel. It was even enough to free her brother. Then, of course, she would never do so, but simply having the means to do it brought great satisfaction to her.
She professionally grabbed the edge of the table and pulled herself up, returing to a fairly expressionless face and she sat straight on the chair.
"I accept, handsome. For that price, I'll do anything you desire and for as long as so is desired- be it a day or a lifetime contract. Heck, I'll marry you"
Her professional emotionless face turned to a smile and a wink as she returned to her laidback self and leaned back on the chair once more.
*
"You and your men has nothing to fear now. You and your men are safe. I have no intentions of any further harm. Do not blow this up, because if you touch me, if you bring me away with intentions of caging me, this happy ending will not last for long" Throttle's voice was calm, yet sad at the same time. He felt the blood run down his forehead, for as the visor of his helmet had been cracked, pieces of it had cut across his face and head.
"You see, captain, I am not in a hostile state right now. I have however sworn to myself that I am never to be caged- EVER. You and your men are safe now, but I rather die than get caged. And I wont die without a fight, captain, I asure you.
Of course, you could always put a blaster shot in the back of my head now. You could end the threat that you so constructivly believe I am, in this state of mind. You could listen to the calling of your pride after having recieved a rejection to your order about taking me in- and end me right here.
However. We both know that if you would miss for whatever reason- be it me dodging, you sweating, or perhaps my armor simply succeed at shielding me, and I do get hold of a weapon, be it yours, or be it the grenades in my magneticly sealed armor compartment, or my own rifle that lays exactly 2.79 meters away from me now, or the blaster pistol roughly 1.5 meters away- if I get hold of any one of those, lives that does not have to end- very well so might. And if you then survive, will you be able to convince yourself that even with the losses, it was worth it?
Perhaps you decide to underestimate me? You are a trained soldier. I am injured on the ground. My face, my head is turned away from you. Perhaps will you have the time to lift that lowered gun and end my pathetic life?
I have no intentions in running, captain. Don't be stupid and arrest me"