Sin stiffened, displeased with being spoken too in such a way.  "You can play the tough captain with me if you wish Doxi, but I promise you, you'll find me much easier plied with honey then with vinegar.  As for trying to trick you, no.  You're not quite right.  I wanted to test you, yes.  I wanted to see what your ship was like and if you'd be up to a task.  But then I wasn't going to try to cajole you into a task beyond Sharn, I was simply going to offer you the job.   If you think you, your crew, or your ship aren't up to a task of this magnitude, then I'll find someone else who is."<br/><br/>Her eyes narrowed and she said, "Make no mistake, you may be the best choice, but you're far from the only one.  What you may offer in loyalty due to our similar faith, I can always find in another through gold, or threats.   As for passage to Sharn, I DO need to get there and meet with High priestess Note, and I do need to do so quickly and quietly.  For that I'll pay you five thousand gold Galifars plus a small trinket I picked up you might like.   The expedition to Sharn is infinity more valuable though.  I can offer you payment in gold, say... twenty thousand Galifars if the mission is a success.... or if you're willing to take trade, up to double that in some items I have collected and might have in my own personal hoard."<br/><br/>"But," she said as she stalked closer to Doxi, "While I'd never make any assumptions about your pets," she glanced at Marek, "Nor would I ever challenge your authority while on board your ship, you should understand what a mistake it would be to be on my bad side."<br/><br/>Then like that her dark face was gone, any glares were gone, replaced in an instant by a smile and sparkling eyes, "How does that sound to you?"