For effect, he turned his head to the young woman backed up into a wall. Then he swung back towards the armed men. "This doesn't seem like a proper business deal to me. In fact, now this just sounds worse than ransom. Holding a potential partner up at gunpoint is never a good idea. That's like someone threatening my life just because they want a share in my store. Using the poor girl's abilities wouldn't be bad if you had her permission. But this? This is sad. Is this what people have come to? Forcing others to do something for them just because they're different?" As good as Mason's act was, he barely held back the irony in his voice. The very things he was saying almost contradicted what his true purpose in the Dojo was - and what the goals of his employers were.