-We both also know that I won't reveal the cards until I'm sure it's safe.-He was teasing her while watching her reaction.
-It's a stalemate.- She stated, clamping her lips tightly together so that they became just a thin line.- Neither of us is stepping down either. As always, anyway.
-So we'll have to break through somehow and make a preliminary compromise.-He croaked as he pronounced the last word, but the next sentence barely made it through his throat.-Promise that what you hear won't go outside this room, and I'll tell you everything about the case. We'll decide later what to do next.
-That I think I can agree to.- She replied trying to hide her displeasure.-What you say will not leave this room.
-Ech, well...- He sighed and shook his head once more thinking how he let himself be talked into all of this.-As you correctly guessed we have a problem that requires the involvement of the Dragon Council, it's just that the stakes are too high to risk a decision that will be other than the full approval of our actions and the relinquishment of all claims.- He nodded a few times as a sign that she had heard correctly.-We need to have a hundred per cent guarantee that everything will go our way and that we will have a big back in the Council even after the decision is made.-He looked at his feet waiting for her reaction.
-What you want is very difficult to achieve, even for me.- Gizel started fiddling with the pistol cock pulling it back and letting it drop.-But not impossible, especially if we work together. I understand why you came to me, but you still haven't said what the game is about.
-Not what, but who.- He said shifting his gaze from his boots to the elven lady.-You see, I was in Dagos on holiday.- He squirmed thinking what would be happening now if he hadn't been the one to come across this boy.-On the second day of my visit I bumped into someone, just by chance.- He shrugged his shoulders.-I had
