"[color=#8b0000]It is...possible, yes.[/color]"

Victoria...standing behind her colleagues, Elise quietly noted her colleague's discomfort at the country's mention. Kal'tsit had given her precious little on her fellow operators; she had been sent to Sargon on short notice, without briefings or notice common with such deployments. It was uncharacteristic of the doctor really, but Elise had long given up on divining her motives. The hag was often overly cryptic and long-winded, yet had a tendency to look right through an individual. Every encounter with Kal'tsit was akin to being peeled bare. Elise could already imagine her superior's cold stare from across the desk, as if she was being dissected layer by layer.

She gave a shudder. The less she thought about the doctor, the better.

Tearing her attention back to Ash Girl as she stare at the swordswoman, Elise finally came to a conclusion. There were too many reasons for one to feel dislike Victoria, and as much as she wanted to ask directly she had a feeling it wouldn't go well. On deployments the former Raider often preferred a comprehensive lay of the situation, yet an amenable relation with her coworkers trumped that. Besides, it wasn't like the Montpeliers didn't hold a vendetta against Victoria after all. Ursus might have been the greatest enemy for the Montpeliers themselves, but it was Victoria that had felled Gaul, that had shattered Lingones. There was...some animosity for that, to say the very least.

Blinking as she expelled the irrelevant tangent, Elise refocused on the task at hand. Customs...from what she had gathered Rhodes Island had at least a positive reputation within the city. Certainly, influence within the local bureaucracy was at least possible within other cities. She had even needed to throw the corporation's weight a few times. Within Hisn-ul-Zahra however...

 "[color=#8b0000]Or at least, it was possible elsewhere. Unfortunately I know not the company's position within this city to give anything definitive. Balthasar, you should know?[/color]" Elise shrugged. "[color=#8b0000]Either way, bribery should get us by. Sargon isn't exactly known for its scrupulous bureaucracy.[/color]