[Now Mordecai, yelling will get you nowhere. He clenches his jaw, purses his lips, and attempts to settle down, though the next few sentences are hissed more than spoken]
"I don't know what game you're trying to pull, but I don't particularly enjoy being cheated. You have no right to hold us here, and I, for one, refuse to pay--..."
[He glances down at the bill and shakes his head angrily]
"...--whatever it is you're charging us. I'm not accustomed to funding human trafficking, when you're attempting to extort someone, it normally helps to make clear your terms and conditions!"
[It hadn't occurred to him before now that this might be a very convoluted federal scheme. Push someone the right way, lead them through a ringer, and one would be more prone to trip up. Better had dance around the subject of Law a bit more carefully... he would not like to implicate himself through silence if they broached more... sensitive topics. Besides, they could only be held for.... what, two days at the most?]
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[Now Mordecai, yelling will get you nowhere. He clenches his jaw, purses his lips, and attempts to settle down, though the next few sentences are hissed more than spoken]
"I don't know what game you're trying to pull, but I don't particularly enjoy being cheated. You have no right to hold us here, and I, for one, refuse to pay--..."
[He glances down at the bill and shakes his head angrily]
"...--whatever it is you're charging us. I'm not accustomed to funding human trafficking, when you're attempting to extort someone, it normally helps to make clear your terms and conditions!"
[It hadn't occurred to him before now that this might be a very convoluted federal scheme. Push someone the right way, lead them through a ringer, and one would be more prone to trip up. Better had dance around the subject of Law a bit more carefully... he would not like to implicate himself through silence if they broached more... sensitive topics. Besides, they could only be held for.... what, two days at the most?]