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"I'm afraid you misunderstand, Miss Golzky."

Adelaide sets her glass down.

"The rates of rental are not prorated for the duration of a taken slot in our market. You are not paying for time, you are paying for the privilege of selling in one of the least tapped markets in the southern continent.  What we lack in volume we make up for in the highest GDP growth of any nation on the continent, coupled with the highest export profit of any nation twice our size.  We are not awash in wealth, but rather, the people here enjoy a standard of living they could not have dreamed of forty years ago.  The question is, how much of that are you willing to take advantage of?"

"My lady, this line of discussion is beneath you," Asja says flatly, eyeing the Danuki.

"Nonsense, my dear. How are we to assess our standing in the world if we do not discover for ourselves how others perceive it?"