@profitplanum
“Look, Lilith; buddy! I know it’s SO tempting to throw your lot in with Atlas in this thing, due to all those times they... Hey! Wait! That’s right, they’ve never done ANYTHING for you. Come discuss an alliance with Maliwan. I’ll book you into the most fun hotel suite we’ve got—it doesn’t have a minibar so much as it’s a bar with a bed in it.”
He’s got to be kidding, right? As ... shitty as Atlas was before, this Atlas wasn’t like the old one. Strongfork wasn’t like those old guys so he has her trust. Whether that was a mistake or not would be found out in the future. He’s awkward, and has a very punchable face, but he’s doing his best to make that company better. But Katagawa Jr. was a whole ... ballgame of problems. Breaking into why and why not she wants to deal with his ass would take hours. Why does he think she would ever choose to side with the company currently pestering Atlas like it’s some crazed fanboy? Not to mention sending ships to Promethea to force a merger? Yeah, no.
Rhys Strongfork’s Atlas wasn’t the same as the one that screwed them over. Not to mention ... Maliwan’s great choice in friends. She wasn’t blind. He was buddying up with the Calypso twins.
“ -- amusing, really, but I think I’ll have to pass. You’re the Calypso’s business lapdog, aren’t you? We have a lot of conflicts in our interest sheets ... so I really don’t think this is going to work. ”
Why did Katagawa Jr. want her to have an alliance with Maliwan? Bragging rights and a Siren collection?

















