'Belong' to Daemonhorn? Well now, that didn't particularly sit well with Doll; that's not how that shit worked, not at all.<br/><br/>As for the medicine....<br/><br/><strong>"You don't have the infrastructure in place to make the meds,"</strong>she proposed, avoiding the question.<strong>"And regardless of what it <em>does</em> medically, it also paints a giant gaping target on you as the cause of this mess once Redscale finds out. Doing it this way gives credence to Blacklight dropping it off there for the 'common man' to benefit, so now Redscale won't be sure whom did it, and Blacklight isn't sure whom to frame. Balance of irritation and power remains in place, at least on the outset, with you slightly the better. Best not to worry about it."</strong><br/><br/>Meanwhile, Doll wrapped an arm around Dawn's shoulder, her hand upon her breast as the tiefling had before. She was deliberately imitating his actions to hopefully show the difference between her responses from the same treatment. Her metal fingers she had to be a tad more careful with; while she had some pressure feedback and stress-assessment through her native HUD now, she really couldn't feel from it properly, meaning if she wasn't careful she could be too firm.<br/><br/>Meanwhile, the dealing for her firearms and gems was well; she happily agreed to it, and would be sure to provide him with the stockpiles before she left today. Then came the subject of his other jobs, and... she actually stopped her fondling of Dawn briefly as she made to process what she'd heard. Certainly she had been mishearing? No, she played it back in her head, muddled about with the words and wordings...<br/><br/><strong>"...are... are you serious?"</strong>Doll asked, raising an eyebrow incredulously.<strong>"Those are both <em>terrible</em> ideas! Morality and ethics aside aren't both of those ideas just bad business? Look, let me put it this way... wait, one moment."</strong><br/><br/>She leaned in to Dawn's ear closely...<br/><br/><strong>"Why don't you climb on top of 'mommy's' pole and let me have that tight little ass of yours,"</strong>she cooed in the quietest of whispers, tickling the dragoness' sensitive ears.<strong>"Make sure you face daddy-dearest so he can see just how much you <em>love</em> mommy, m'kay?"</strong><br/><br/>That out of the way, as Dawn was getting into position to ride her (she hoped):<br/><br/><strong>"Now then, let's look at something: why is there an illegal repair market in the first place, and why are they protesting instead of just upgrading?"</strong>she began, then continued with her answering.<strong>"Well for the first one, the same reason why there's a market for aftermarket weapons modifications: there's people out there whom can make the parts - someone like, say, <em>me</em> if I wanted to, but more importantly because the manufacturer's 'official, licensed services' are too expensive for some people, and while in both instances it's against the terms of services, with the exception to restricted modifications there's REALLY nothing illegal about it. They bought it, they can do what they want with it, even if it's not optimal, and for many that's all they can afford if they can afford any repairs at all.<br/><br/>"As such, sure, you could smack around some of the guys doing the repairs, but then what? Sure some might turn to you for it, but overwhelmingly most of them are too poor, and in many instances too 'risky' to offer the necessary loans and expect them to pay. So the end goal here, economically speaking, is not optimal. Not to mention you haven't addressed the cause in the first place, and there's more out there whom can do the profits and will continue to do so"</strong>Doll finished, moving her hands, one up to Dawn's breast from under her arm, then the other down to her slit to rub her as she no doubt rode her like a horse.<strong>"So, rather than fixing the effect of the problem, why not fix the cause? Surely there's enough profit margin for you to lower the prices some that more can afford it, and you'd have a net increase in income through the number of services you're able to offer if you reach a large enough market. Not to mention, if they can do these repairs for themselves, that means they could also be convinced to work <em>for</em> you... so why not hire these backalley guys, train them properly, let them start up their own company that's a subset of your company, and reap these 'aftermarket' repairs and modifications financially? See, by addressing the cause and not the effect, you will likely come out better...<br/><br/>"Then we have the other one, the protesting... same issue: cost, and feasibility. Cost we've already discussed, and my debt should be a testament to that issue. Feasibility... some of these people can't be out of work long enough to recover from an upgrade, others like their existing limbs, having... bonded I guess you could say with them. Still others there's the issue of the new surgical implantation; it's extremely dangerous, even in the best of situations. So all sorts of reasons not to do it, and not supplying them ties into the aftermarket backalley guys, giving THEM more business if you don't have the parts they need. Again though, that's another thing you could tap into and profit from; a sub-corporation to provide aftermarket repairs for older models. You already have the molds and everything, and hell you could still hire the backalley guys to do it for you and profit!<br/><br/>"In fact, in both these instances the actions you've proposed seem more like you're personally slighted than actually thinking about what you could do to benefit from this..."</strong>she concluded (though she still planned to be fucking Dawn if she'd climbed her way on)<strong>"Taking out the gang was one thing as it stopped an issue wholesale and damaged your opposition, both of them in fact. This just seems... petty..."</strong>