"Firstly, I need you to swear that you will listen to me from start to finish regardless of what you will hear," the patriarch silently thought about this for a while before he nodded, "And secondly, I need your word that you will grant my request once, regardless of what the request it. It will be within reason, of course."
"Don't be unreasonable." The patriarch said, "How can I grant you a request when I don't even know the information that I will be getting? I cannot make that promise."
I grinned, "Trust me, this information will be more than worth it. I wouldn't dare make a request like that if I didn't have something that would be worth your time."
"I am a businessman, not a fool," the patriarch said, "How am I to know if you aren't a part of Gentrix and you only came here trying to get this deal out of me?"