Don't patronise me. After all, I've seen how Father deals with his business rivals once he's ruined them.

[A small shrug, but her eyes sharpened a bit at that smile. This was a dangerous one, and one she suspected had called upon this tactic at least once in the past. She was no fool.

Still! She wasn't going to stand for an older guy talking down to her!]

But which tool you use depends what you're trying to do, right? In this case, they just wanted to kill people for power, and if there is something else happening behind the scenes, it's subtle enough that we haven't noticed it yet. For now.