Erix thought back to the man he had saved, leaning back as he recalled all he could about him.<br/>“Young male, farmer, kidnapped two months before I was given him, not much to say about him honestly.  He’s a member of a rarer species, I think the mafia boss wanted him as a sign of power, but otherwise nothing particularly special.  The Alliance bounty was originally fairly low, high enough I knew something was up, but no one with half a brain would come after me for that payout.”  Erix let out an exasperated breath has he recalled the fight to save the man.<br/>“The mafia’s bounty was much higher, and that got the Alliance attention.  They couldn’t be outdone by some criminals, if someone took me to the mafia it would make them look weak.  So, the Alliance bounty rose above the mafia’s.  The criminals really wanted to get revenge for their friends personally, so they raised theirs.  At a certain point it stopped being about me or the man, it became a show of power, who was willing to bid more than the other.”  Pausing slightly as he ran a few numbers through his head, Erix added “Last I checked, I had the third and fourth highest bounty in history.  And it was still rising.  At this rate it’s probably taken second place, maybe first.  With a payout that high to whomever catches me, there’s a good chance they’ll just kill me instead and say I was never turned in.”  That last bit was mostly guesswork, no precedent to base it off of.  But it was a possibility, and it would deter the Conf’s from handing him over to the Alliance for cash.  Of course, it was just as likely they’d refuse to do so just to spite the Alliance, which was why Erix ran here in the first place.  Getting a highly skilled operative in addition would just be frosting on the cake to them.