"A 'bad joke', yes. I think it might be." It's certainly not a good one. "Nonsense, certainly. I think they're grasping at whatever they can to try and get us to cooperate. After all, they claim to have heard of our 'exploits', and yet they cannot tell us a single word of what those supposed exploits might be. Which I take to mean that this talk of exploits is meant to flatter us."

She's a bit... disparaging now. "As though flattery is going to do anything to make up for the lying."