Pepper had been expecting some thinly veiled story about how Costigan got in Yunxu's way and so the Snake killed him, not a suggestion to start a police force. Still, it sounds like a mix of an ultimatum and a distraction - keep her focusing on they very thing she cares so much about so that she pays less attention to his actions, or is somehow still playing into his hands. It was aggravating.
It was also very well played. There were some problems with his grift, however.]
It's a little hard to run a law enforcement agency when the laws aren't written down. But if I ignore the fact that trying to play Hammurabi would be seriously difficult, and pretend I hypothetically get that far, that means more than just protecting people equally. It also means going after the people who break the laws equally. People who stockpile weapons, for example. [She grins almost ferally at him - wouldn't that be a sight. Pepper starts to count things off on her fingers.] We'll need a jail, and courthouses. A facility for a police force. We'll need to organize with the other family heads and city groups to collaborate on the development and approval of permanent laws. That probably means instituting a new government, training people to be lawyers and police officers, coming up with a system of elections. Oh, yes, and taxes to pay for it all - can't have the police being owned by a single family. What do you say? Want to help revolutionize Keeliai for everyone and leave your mark on history? Or would you rather spend your time playing king of your little salt mountain?
[You want Pepper Potts to start a law enforcement agency? You're going to get it, Yunxu.]
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Pepper had been expecting some thinly veiled story about how Costigan got in Yunxu's way and so the Snake killed him, not a suggestion to start a police force. Still, it sounds like a mix of an ultimatum and a distraction - keep her focusing on they very thing she cares so much about so that she pays less attention to his actions, or is somehow still playing into his hands. It was aggravating.
It was also very well played. There were some problems with his grift, however.]
It's a little hard to run a law enforcement agency when the laws aren't written down. But if I ignore the fact that trying to play Hammurabi would be seriously difficult, and pretend I hypothetically get that far, that means more than just protecting people equally. It also means going after the people who break the laws equally. People who stockpile weapons, for example. [She grins almost ferally at him - wouldn't that be a sight. Pepper starts to count things off on her fingers.] We'll need a jail, and courthouses. A facility for a police force. We'll need to organize with the other family heads and city groups to collaborate on the development and approval of permanent laws. That probably means instituting a new government, training people to be lawyers and police officers, coming up with a system of elections. Oh, yes, and taxes to pay for it all - can't have the police being owned by a single family. What do you say? Want to help revolutionize Keeliai for everyone and leave your mark on history? Or would you rather spend your time playing king of your little salt mountain?
[You want Pepper Potts to start a law enforcement agency? You're going to get it, Yunxu.]