Lafiel listened to Ashley as she explained her side of the argument...though, it wasn't really an argument that they were having, now.  "Yes, I can see how that would work..."  She thought about it for a moment.  "You're a fixer, you know plenty of negotiation pressure moves, so let me tell you a couple favorites of mine.  Take our previous job.  Johnson invited us to a nice restaurant in Fort Lewis for an eat-and-deal.  Now, I poked holes in his premise with technical information, so I was able to secure more money that way.  Now, let's say I hadn't, and he was on the straight and level."  She raised a finger.  "A thing I like to do is excuse myself to go to the girl's room...and let the Johnson sweat while he wonders if I'm going to take the job.  I can be in there, oh...ten minutes and he'll usually throw an extra kay in for the trouble.  Best I ever did was one time where I sat on the seat for half an hour, came back, got fifty percent more as a bonus."<br/><br/>Now came the tie-in.  "Perhaps something with this?"  She palmed her buttocks.  "Not only does Johnson sweat, but the last thing he remembers of me is this going back and forth..."