"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: Arvala-7, asteroid ambush
This is the way.