07-05-2018, 08:38 AM
Back at the camp, Arl was nodding along with the captured bandit. "I've certainly heard that before. A lot of folk talk about crime getting everyone after you, and it does, but, frankly it also sucks for anyone that's not at the top."
She finished up with the wound - it didn't look all that bad. "And the thing about being at the top.. anyone that's more than a soon-dead throne warmer or bounty pay-day could have succeeded anywhere. It'd be easier in the long run! Being a criminal's a trap, you end up having to work your ass off to survive it's just that the pay's mostly up front instead of after. A lot like taking money from a loan shark, actually. Including the bit where you wake up one day missing some organs and wondering what the hell went wrong with your life."
Arl leaned back, keeping an eye out for the others as she continued. "Anyway, some folk do it because they love watching helpless people suffer but you don't seem the sort. If you DO want some help finding a job after this, well, I don't have anything to do for a few weeks after we're done here. Granted, outside of mercenary work I'm not sure how much help I'd be." She shrugged. Arl figured she needed to get more experience placing people in jobs if she was going to keep sparing them, after all.
She finished up with the wound - it didn't look all that bad. "And the thing about being at the top.. anyone that's more than a soon-dead throne warmer or bounty pay-day could have succeeded anywhere. It'd be easier in the long run! Being a criminal's a trap, you end up having to work your ass off to survive it's just that the pay's mostly up front instead of after. A lot like taking money from a loan shark, actually. Including the bit where you wake up one day missing some organs and wondering what the hell went wrong with your life."
Arl leaned back, keeping an eye out for the others as she continued. "Anyway, some folk do it because they love watching helpless people suffer but you don't seem the sort. If you DO want some help finding a job after this, well, I don't have anything to do for a few weeks after we're done here. Granted, outside of mercenary work I'm not sure how much help I'd be." She shrugged. Arl figured she needed to get more experience placing people in jobs if she was going to keep sparing them, after all.