"It's fairly common," Patrick explains. "We're mortals, after all. A good bribe, and he'll be on his way. We plan for it in the budget." Varian looks back, at her, though, still keeping one eye on the vrock, keeping his voice low. "You'd be doing us a good favor to kill him, though if you<em>don't</em>succeed, we'll be as good as dead, when his buddies catch up to us. Best to just keep 'em happy."<br/><br/>Unless Diadra intends to act, Varian quickly negotiates the 'toll', looking like he's done this more than once before, handing over a decent amount of money and a box of cookies, to keep the vrock off their back.