At least three. [This wasn't information he was comfortable disclosing given what happened the last time, but a gesture of goodwill might yet be interpreted as a debt owed.] Don't grow another nightmare forest using Port Mafia's Hallucinations Jr., hmm? As the de facto off switch, I'll be obligated to stop a widespread public health hazard like that, alliance or no.

As for the Dame - [he chuckled at Rider. To live in and for the moment was a remarkable quality.] I'm not familiar with her romantic inclinations, but you can say she holds the Empire in the palm of one hand and plays chess with the Devil [Dostoevsky] using the other. Anyone planning to pursue her has a lot to keep up with.