Sitting back in his seat Miles thumbed through the contract, splitting his attention between trying to make sense of the convoluted lawyer speak while keeping one eye on the goings on of the conversation.

This 'Correspondence' was even more needlessly complicated that the required mandatory paperwork he'd had to fill out every day when working with the force- liberally sprinkled with strange terms he could make neither heads nor tails as to what exactly they could mean. With a dozen possible interpretations he was sure, even the most plainly spoken lawyer could spin circles around an issue if they wanted- Neathly lawyers had apparently turned it into an art.

The idea of being contractually bound to certain lawbreaking activities didn't sit well with him, especially with him being in such uncharted waters as it were, and his lack of familiarity of what exactly the Laws of the Neeth actually said made him a tad uncomfortable as well. As well as the thought that their absentee benefactor would even go so far as to 'kill the messenger' should she step out of line- through the mystical powers of contractual voodoo- set all that uncomfortable feelings edging farther into the level of intestinal distress, and that she signed so easily didn't help to reassure him in the least. 

Then their new 'associate' piped up and Miles had to admit the off-putting yet eccentric man had a point as the detective recalled the distinctly soggy looking fellow he'd nearly bumped into on the docks. The idea of murder seemed to lose it's edge if the victim could merely walk off whatever violence had been done to their person... although that again brought up the concern of what exactly was considered ''illegal activities" down below. 

"Neathly weirdness or not, Mr. Aristocrat over here has a good point," Miles finally spoke giving up reading the contract as a lost cause, "Some reassurance that this is all on the up-and-up wouldn't be remiss, don't you think? This No-show Boss of yours is expecting a lot to my way of thinking, and i'm not one for that kind of blind trust- especially in the face of breaking laws we don't even know about. I'd like to know what exactly is expected of us in this caper before I sign the dotted line, understand."