Jarvan knew that he should apologize, but he could do that later if Ariel returned. He couldn't chase after her because he wasn't ready to leave his room, the attack on him had left him feeling vulnerable and shaken and he still needed to fully recover the use of his legs before he could leave. He would make it up to her somehow and then he would work out a way to sort all this mess out before it got any worse. He sat back down on his bed once he had finished his exercise for the day, thinking long and hard, staring off into space as he tried to find a solution to the collective dilemma that they were facing and whether any of the conclusions would be satisfactory. He knew that Ariel had meant well, she had just gone the wrong way about it, especially wanting her father removed from the throne.<br/><br/><hr/><br/>Badger was also deep in thought. Ever since the little Princess had shaken hands with him, he had been putting together plans to have the current monarch taken off the throne and the best possible way to do it. The usual method of sending one or more of his hit men out into the night was out of the question, they would be picked off before they could even enter the palace. This would need a special touch, something that hadn't been used before, that could move in and out like a shadow without leaving a trace back to him. He knew of several ways to do it, but he needed to get a grasp of the kind of security the palace had in place.<br/><br/>Sending a couple of his boys out to see what they could do to find out the palace security details, he busied himself with one or two other jobs, he had people out all over the city at the moment, collecting information about every single gang in the city. If this Princess was to make good on their deal, then she would need all of the information about the gangs in the underworld, along with the best way to deal with each of them, since they all had their weak points as well as their strengths.<br/><br/>He pondered whether it would be worth him trying to get some of his boys hired into the palace security force, but then he realized it would never work, all of his guys were well known thugs that were always linked to crimes, but they had never been formally charged, which was good for him of course. But it meant that they couldn't be used for infiltration missions. He wondered if his buddy Jarvan would be up for it once he recovered, but wasn't sure whether the teen would be up for it after his last ordeal. He could always ask he supposed, since they were now on even terms it could prove useful to make him a partner in the business, or give him some sort of title, instead of being a messenger boy.<br/><br/>So many details and problems to sort out, so little time. Badger of course was a master and would soon have all of this under wraps. He hadn't become a kingpin through luck, it was all in the planning.