(OOC: At 2015-09-06 23:08:35, Keelan (uid: 15533) rolls: 1d20a13 Result: 27 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=79861))<br/><br/>Apparently the pleasantries were done, moreso than before.  A wave of... something washed over her, but her mind was stronger than whatever force it happened to be.  She didn't so much 'move her head' as she did lay back, across her unconscious client's body.  This guy was a<em>lot</em>more prone to violence than she had assumed for the 'leader' of an international collection of medical ninja would be... then again, her mentor had been a fully-trained assassin...<br/><br/>"You don't<em>know</em>, I'd imagine, and I can't really prove it objectively," she answered, looking over the blade at Ryoichi, her expression neutral. "But... I can tell you whose been doing Naito's work for the last<em>eight years</em>, including the Daimyo of Steel's untimely passing in his sleep, and in<em>intimate</em>detail.  Naito stopped doing some of his own work a decade ago, stopped doing it altogether - thrusting it upon his young, female apprentice - eight years ago.   He was far more concerned with his personal research and with<em>women</em>, and last I saw him he was in the Land of Snow at his laboratory, still expecting me to do his work for him.  And here I am..."<br/><br/>Truth, it all was... she hoped they wouldn't ask for details.<br/><br/>"Now... you're looking for someone with distinct, red hair, right?  It's hard to interrogate the unconscious, and trust me he'll be out for a while," she continued, focusing on what he was actually there for. "Pain would wake him, quickly - your preferred method if I'm guessing right.  Pain will also distract him, make noise, and even  after that the answers will be unreliable as intimidation is less effective for gathering accurate information than a standard interrogation with a captured foe.  That said, normal interrogations take time and trust, and I'm guessing I've been wasting the former, right?  If you give me the chance, I can promise you that two minutes from now, you'll have your information, I'll be getting dressed, and three minutes from now we'll be out the door and he'll be nearly dead from the unfortunate toxic bite of a local Splashing-Rain Spider, the deadliest spider native to this local area, known to take refuge in human abodes when it's raining heavily..."