The team returned to the Copper Rest separately, maintaining the careful operational security that had served them well during Baelor's recruitment. Raze arrived last, finding the others already gathered around their table with expressions mixing triumph and exhaustion from the day's successful surveillance and contact.
"We did it," Mariabel said as Raze entered, relief evident in her voice. "We actually recruited the Syndicate's own secretary to work against them, I wasn't certain that would succeed even with good approach."
"Baelor's hatred of Venn runs deeper than any loyalty to the Syndicate," Raze said, settling into his chair. "Five years of suppressed rage made him perfect recruitment target once we proved we were serious about bringing them down, his cooperation gives us current operational intelligence that transforms historical pattern into active criminal enterprise."
