Well, I guess I had best let others chip in on it.
She cannot think of anything else relevant, no. She's warned you that Briande is resourceful. But you are well suited for that. The trouble with the pirates is that whilst you can match any of them, or any hroup of them, there is a huge number of the, and they are rich and have big ships and so on, which is where you are outclassed. But Briande is like you; he's a skilled guy, very competent but with no army backing him up. That's the kind of challenge you are happy to take on and beat.
She would prefer him alive. She accepts that is not always possible but do take very great care if you have to be violent, lest you destroy stuff he has acquired.
(Btw, Con- what the hell did the others let happen to this place? Honestly, you go away to sort out a problem for a little bit, you come back and apparently there is a whole pirate fleet gunning for you!)
But could we actually refuse or would she just herself then decide to kill us all? I mean, how freely could we decide.
Regardless, my vote working for her
Oh, right, I don't actually know about the pirates, yet.
"On a different note," Con says "how exactly did it come about that a clan of pirates wants to kill us?"
Dak growls, still feeling rough from the fight with the Osokans. "I really wanted to just sleep, too..."
He considers the offer anyway. "I do not trust you. You invaded our home, and worse, you cleaned. How the hell are we supposed to find anything? And Galder's 'saber... you've done nothing but cause trouble for us, so far."
He doesn't consider Con worth the time to answer.
"But he's right - I do not trust you and you've given no reason at all for us to do so." Rianna says. "I will consider it if - and only if - you give us all of the information you have on Gondekerro and this Briande person. And that is only considering it, mind."
Rianna also ignores Con's question about the pirate fleet.
"Down boy," Xavier says to Dak.
"You'll have to mind him we're not even sure if he is house broken yet."
Do you even doubt it with the way he stinks
"No I don't."
"Will you be giving us any additional resources, tech, extra hands to help out."
He says glancing towards the pierced woman.
He is also ignoring Con for the time being.
"You know what you are getting into. A skilled and resourceful thief hiding out on a faraway world. I cannot tell you exactly what security precautions he has taken, I am assuming you have skill enough to find and overcome them. And no. I am not offering additional aid. The whole point is that you are doing the job for me."
Xavier takes the strike to face without flinching.
The Beast strikes us. It's tail and teeth would make a great addition to our collection.
Xavier begins to rub the various teeth that have found their way unto his nechlace from various creatures.
"Perhaps when your strikes don't feel like a gentle breeze across my face Arnian, I'll care for your opinion on matters. Until then such outbursts do not help our needs."