"Bah, any tax in that place is oppressive.  Does he even do anything for us?  There's no tax collectors from the kingdom pushing in on him, all the money we pay him goes straight to his own purse!" the woman yelled, though Mareth got the distinct impression that the woman would complain about any taxes at all, no matter what they were being used for.<br/><br/>Mareth's suggestion of them becoming mercenaries, however, made the woman pause for a moment.  "Mercenaries, you say?  That might be... acceptable.  I can't guarantee we'll stop ambushing travelers and merchants, but..." she paused for a few seconds, considering, before adding "Well, if we're busy doing mercenary work - and getting paid appropriately, of course - we'd be too busy to plan attacks like this."