"He agreed. That's good. You're dismissed now Gaspar. I'll call for you again if I need you. Otherwise, do not disturb me until Ferdinand arrives."
Delilah waved away the man that acted as a liaison for many of the Odium Syndicate's best smugglers.
He was a competent man, but Delilah could tell that his fear kept him shackled down.
Whenever someone at the bottom tried to rise up, those already at the top would do everything that they could to kick any challengers back down.
Gaspar was someone who had realized this and curbed his ambitions and stayed as someone else's pawn to avoid losing everything.
"Such a pitiful man. Had he tried, he might have actually made it to the top. But he decided that he would rather stay safe as a pawn. So that's exactly what I'll use him as." Delilah said, smiling as she weaved more plans together.
When Layton had cashed in another of the favors she owed him to help him obtain Avery Asteria, she had been quite upset.
