Me? Well it'd be nice if you'd just go along for the fun of it and I didn't have to tie you up, but I think we both know that's not going to happen.
[Mayuzumi leans back against a burlap sack that smells (and feels) like potatoes. Whatever. Even if it's lumpy, it's bound to be more comfortable than being tied up is.]
I like to think I'm pretty competent, which is why we're not going to test that.
As you've guessed, I'd really rather not be kidnapped in the first place. Do I at least get to know who my kidnapper is, or should I give you an unflattering nickname?
[ ... Probably not, Akashi imagines, but you never know. Besides, the name of an individual kidnapper is not likely to mean much to him, so it probably won't be particularly useful knowledge anyway. What kind of kidnapper makes themselves publicly known? That's just dumb. ]
Nickname me all you like. I only have to deal with you for a few days, maybe a week, tops.
[They're not in the clear just yet; Mayuzumi isn't going to go counting his chickens before they're hatched. He hasn't even received his full payment yet! Akashi was right to assume they were headed for the border. With luck, they'd be across it before any of Akashi's usual entourage even noticed he was missing.]
It all depends on whether your father will pay to get you back.
[ For some reason, even though his dad's his dad and all, Akashi doesn't really like the idea of needing to rely on his father at a time like this... better to just make his move before then and then his dear old dad won't even have to lift a finger. ]
If he doesn't, I'm to get half of whatever you'll sell for at the nearest ship running under a red sail.
[He doesn't come out and say it directly, but hopefully Akashi hasn't been so sheltered as to not realize he'll have bigger problems than simply being kidnapped. Once he were put on a ship, it would be near-impossible for anyone to find him. Mayuzumi gives Akashi a nudge to the shoulder with his boot.]
Of course, if you don't think he'll pay, we can just skip straight to Plan B and save us both the time of waiting.
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[Mayuzumi leans back against a burlap sack that smells (and feels) like potatoes. Whatever. Even if it's lumpy, it's bound to be more comfortable than being tied up is.]
I like to think I'm pretty competent, which is why we're not going to test that.
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[ ... Probably not, Akashi imagines, but you never know. Besides, the name of an individual kidnapper is not likely to mean much to him, so it probably won't be particularly useful knowledge anyway. What kind of kidnapper makes themselves publicly known? That's just dumb. ]
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[They're not in the clear just yet; Mayuzumi isn't going to go counting his chickens before they're hatched. He hasn't even received his full payment yet! Akashi was right to assume they were headed for the border. With luck, they'd be across it before any of Akashi's usual entourage even noticed he was missing.]
It all depends on whether your father will pay to get you back.
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And what if he doesn't?
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[He doesn't come out and say it directly, but hopefully Akashi hasn't been so sheltered as to not realize he'll have bigger problems than simply being kidnapped. Once he were put on a ship, it would be near-impossible for anyone to find him. Mayuzumi gives Akashi a nudge to the shoulder with his boot.]
Of course, if you don't think he'll pay, we can just skip straight to Plan B and save us both the time of waiting.