Then Forced Exchange raised his voice as he asked, saying, "Do you want to join our alliance or not? If you don't want to, just say so. Don't waste our time. It is the least that you can do."
Loki certainly didn't want to cut off the somewhat amicable relationship he had with the Thorn House of Commerce just yet. So he decided to relax his condition.
He said to Forced Exchange, "I really can't leave where I am just yet. What about you give me three years to prepare? I should be able to leave in three years' time."
Forced Exchange said, "Must we wait for three years? A lot of our members are busy people. This period happens to be a period when the majority of them are free. If we miss this period, it won't be easy to gather them together in three years."
"So I think if it is possible, we should finalize the agreement quickly. In light of that, if you can't come to us, we can come to you."
