Kovan thinks he has complete control. Kovan doesn't need an exit strategy--he can just kill everyone in here and wake up on the outside before the Malnosso have time to get to him. He doesn't even need to prove anything by it or achieve any victory, just to outsmart someone. Kovan will walk through that door with no regard to Amelia, and she'll have to chase him down. And the memory of having to be chased down is no way to start an interrogation. An interrogation, because this can no longer be a negotiation.
Gregor whips out his concealed stun gun and fires with practiced aim. Maybe Amelia provided enough distraction that Kovan is unprepared. Surely the Malnosso have some form of truth serum, right? A captured Kovan is as good as a cooperative one, if they have fast-penta here. The wire in Gregor's clothing should have captured their conversation.
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Kovan thinks he has complete control. Kovan doesn't need an exit strategy--he can just kill everyone in here and wake up on the outside before the Malnosso have time to get to him. He doesn't even need to prove anything by it or achieve any victory, just to outsmart someone. Kovan will walk through that door with no regard to Amelia, and she'll have to chase him down. And the memory of having to be chased down is no way to start an interrogation. An interrogation, because this can no longer be a negotiation.
Gregor whips out his concealed stun gun and fires with practiced aim. Maybe Amelia provided enough distraction that Kovan is unprepared. Surely the Malnosso have some form of truth serum, right? A captured Kovan is as good as a cooperative one, if they have fast-penta here. The wire in Gregor's clothing should have captured their conversation.