The Innkeeper

"I need to speak with you privately," Jack said to Oroo through her spirit sense. The Celestial merely nodded, and erected a wall around them, isolating the three of them from the rest - the third naturally being the alligator. "It is my opinion that you should not emphasize the need for revenge," Oroo said calmly. "Not only will you not get much success, you will permanently make an enemy out of Grimshaw, and having a Sage as an enemy is not a good thing. Do not take his light-hearted attitude as a sign of weakness, not my behavior towards them as a sign that you can do the same. You will not only bring harm to yourself, but also to your crew." Newest update provıded by 𝕟𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕝⁂𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕖⁂𝕟𝕖𝕥

"Your advice is sound," said Jack. "I do not intend to create strong enemies for myself or my crew. If I take a step back, then Grimshaw will likely feel like his intimidation worked, and feel satisfied. But I also do not intend to waste this opportunity, nor do I want to make it seem like anyone can just come and bully my crew and get away with it as long as they pay a little money.

"As for what specifically I should do, we can come back to that. Tell me, is the Humanoid Alliance interested in improving their relationship with the Artica race?"

Oroo raised her eyebrow.

"The Humanoid Alliance is, of course, interested in improving its relationship with the Artica race, but this matter is not significant enough to do that. Besides, we are already putting in effort on that front through other means."

Jack nodded, as if he expected as much.

"I naturally don’t have the same information network as the Humanoid Alliance, so what I know might be a little outdated. However, from what I heard, the Artica race is leaning towards establishing strong alliances with the Seraphim - and I heard this before the divine ore that became such a big deal to everyone. The Seraphim would surely be interested in that ore, so they should be trying even harder to establish that alliance now.

"Considering how the Versalis Bank is one of the biggest backers of the Artica realm, and that the bank has been engaging in anti-angel, and generally anti-Humanoid alliance activities, it’s no wonder that the Artica realm would rather align with someone else - someone their backers don’t resist."