Yes, well...when your father would deal with a particularly difficult competitor in this dangerous world of ours, he would, of course, always try to be a man of peace. But when peace was clearly not enough to get them to listen, your father would see to it personally that the competitor would live to regret slapping away his hand.

For now, Ms. Sutton is content with toying with you. Pretending to entertain your offers only to demand something ludicrous in return...but what happens when she bores of that game? How long until she takes the offensive? (pause) How long until her brazenness lands her at our doorstep? What will protect Helena then?

Look at it from this perspective; for your first real foray into developing these skills, you have everything pretty well stacked in your favor. We have men underneath the storage depot planting explosives. We have more that will be blocking off any of the possible exits from the building, which gives us a direct line through the entrance. There's no reason to be nervous, when victory is all but assured.