... Smith. So I take it your people are incapable of crafting firearms?

[ He asks, of course, because. Well. DOES HE LOOK LIKE HE CAN HOLD A SWORD?

Also he filed the rest of that bit about partners and whatnot away. He has another question. ]

These partners of ours. Are they obedient to us absolutely, or is it a case of a working relationship? I would like to know what exactly I'm getting into. I cannot give orders or strategize if others do not believe they should follow what I have to tell them.