Wood dodged the question and instead brought up another topic. "Do you know how we deal with people like you?" Without waiting for Gador to respond, Wood continued, "We'd pin a crime on you, throw you into the regional jail, and some insignificant thug you once humiliated would stab you in the back when you weren't looking. Over the next while, you'd die from some 'accident,' and you'd be marked as a casualty of gang warfare. Then, a new leader would rise, and the cycle of retaliation would continue."
"See? Problem solved, and we've cleared out another destabilizing factor in the city—a win-win."
Just as Gador was on the verge of an outburst, Wood raised a hand to calm him down. "To resolve this problem… well, it's both simple and not. First, you need to remove yourself from the situation, just like Pronto did, by shifting the responsibility onto someone else."
