Betsy didn't like their predicament and was loudly complaining about it to Kurt.
"It's just a damn bribery scheme now," said Betsy. "Each damn lord, and who knows what they want."
"What can we do?"
"I guess we should start strong and go with Belwark Harbor."
"Why them?"
"Because we control Branson Port now."
"But we can use the gate."
"It's not about what we can use anymore, it's about what we can stop them accessing. We have more leverage over them because we can tell this port to stop sending cargo. Or make a tariff."
"So we can disrupt their daily operations."
"Yes, and if we establish a baseline that's on favorable terms."
"We can mitigate, but won't they see that?"
"We don't have a lot of options," said Betsy.
"What does Carl say?"
"I mean he definitely wants to meet now. And I don't know what to say anymore. We are approaching the end of our terms with him as well."
"So he's going to want to make sure he still has interests. That's fine."
