[Alneyan]

I must say I am honoured by all the attention you are giving to someone as minor as myself. I am humbled by your cleverness; I had not expected you to deploy more than one backup scheme.

Being the living incarnation of courage et al, I will not be falling for your ploy. Instead, I will be gladly helping your schemes, and open the door for the courier to enter. What are the exact terms your minion wishes to deliver? We shall not call such pleasant conversations a "blackmail"; we are merely conducting a mutually profitable agreement, as, well, as friends are wont to do.

Oh, and should you wonder, it isn't sweat that you can see on my forehead. In fact, it is but a trick of the odd light in this place, which makes my head glitters. *Coughs*