---
title: "I Can Bring You In Warm"
description: "The bounty hunter's promise"
date: 2026-01-08
published: true
tags:
  - bounty-hunter
  - motto
  - creed
  - choice
template: quote
---


> "I can bring you in warm, or I can bring you in cold. That's my choice. The
> Guild doesn't care which, but I do. Warm means more work—restraint, care,
> planning. Cold means quick, means easy, means I didn't try hard enough. Every
> mark gets the same offer: cooperate and live, resist and... well. That's on
> them. I've been doing this a long time. I've learned that mercy isn't
> weakness. It's just another kind of strength."

I've said these words a hundred times. Most listen. Some don't.

The ones who don't... they learn the hard way.

But I always give them the choice.

Related hunts: <a href="/the-bounty-on-arvala-7/" class="wikilink" data-title="The Bounty on Arvala-7" data-description="A side job tracking a spice smuggler through the deserts of Arvala-7" data-date="2026-02-05">Arvala-7</a>, <a href="/ambush-in-the-asteroid-field/" class="wikilink" data-title="Ambush in the Asteroid Field" data-description="Pirates in the remains of a dead world" data-date="2026-01-15">asteroid ambush</a>

This is the way.