While Dumas and Chester talked outside, Shadow Mari had sat back down at the man's gesture. He waited for her to be seated before resuming his speech. "All right, I don't think you're stupid enough not to know this, but I'll say it anyway." The mean cleared his throat, looking at the girl as he spoke. "One. If you get caught, you<span style="font-style: italic">don't</span>tell anyone who hired you. I don't care if you have to bite off your tongue.<span style="font-style: italic">You don't speak</span>. Or I will have you begging for me to kill you before I bring myself to actually do it."<br/><br/>Shadow Mari shot the man a dirty look. "I won't tell. And I don't beg,<span style="font-style: italic">ever</span>."<br/><br/>The man shook his head and continued. "Two. If you fail,<span style="font-style: italic">you tell me</span>. I won't be exactly happy if you fail, but I need this job done, and you are there to do it. So, if you fail with one way, we have to find another one."<br/><br/>The girl nodded, looking slightly bored by the conversation. "I won't fail. But yeah, I'll tell you in the off chance I do."<br/><br/>"Third. You don't let anyone else in on this. Your friends, the guy or guys you're fucking, I don't care. You just don't. You don't tell them, and you do your very best to make sure they don't know. Unless you want to see them killed, and you know I would do it."<br/><br/>Shadow Mari looked at the man with interest for a moment. "Would you? Hm. Anyway, I won't tell anyone. I'm not<span style="font-weight: bold">nearl</span>y as stupid as I seem to be, I can assure you", she murmured as she pulled out a cigarette. "Light me up, please. Thanks."<br/><br/>She sat there, smoking and considering if she had something more to ask. "Why did you finally want a personal meeting, if I may ask?"<br/><br/>The man looked her up and down. "I like knowing the people I'm working with, as soon as I'm sure they can be trusted." He moved his hand, gesturing for the door. "We are done. Talk to my man out there, he will check the street before you can go."<br/><br/>Shadow Mari nodded and stood up, going outside and back to the room where she had been searched. "Meeting is over, guard dog. Boss said you should go out there and take a look around. I'll wait here."<br/><br/>The man only nodded and went outside. He took the elevator and exited the building, going to a news stand and picking up a newspaper, and then going to a bakery, all the while paying attention to his surroundings for someone who looked like trouble.