Arkhtan pondered Lilly's statement for a moment, then spoke up. "We could ask for it in advance. We have a good enough reputation, and if they're offering this much, the town must be desperate." [i]Alternatively,[/i] he thought to himself, [i]nobody could tell the difference between "missing", and "destroyed."[/i] "There's no harm in asking, right?" He watched the screen as one of the heroes slammed into the wall, knocking out a pivotal support beam in a parking garage, and one of the sides slumped down. "Either way, if we're gonna take the offer, we should probably go soon. Else there won't be anyone to pay us."