[Ari's hands clench into fists at her sides, as she tries to keep the frustrated anger under control. She had expected a negotiation. She wouldn't have been surprised if Valdis had told her she was uninterested in or unwilling to commit to that particular suggestion, and asked for another.
A flat refusal to have any contract at all? Then walking away without so much as parting pleasantries? That was deeply insulting, to a Tradeliner, and the offer that she'd given didn't lessen it any. Ari Tayrey didn't want charity. She wanted fair contract.
What she'd offered had been more than fair, because even in this place, conflict wasn't that frequent.
Well, let it not be said that she made the same mistake twice. If Valdis wanted nothing to do with her, she'd accept it, and keep her distance.]
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A flat refusal to have any contract at all? Then walking away without so much as parting pleasantries? That was deeply insulting, to a Tradeliner, and the offer that she'd given didn't lessen it any. Ari Tayrey didn't want charity. She wanted fair contract.
What she'd offered had been more than fair, because even in this place, conflict wasn't that frequent.
Well, let it not be said that she made the same mistake twice. If Valdis wanted nothing to do with her, she'd accept it, and keep her distance.]