Shara: ... And no one ever tries to silence you? You seem to be widely known as an information dealer ... I just had to ask a few peasants to find you.
Aken: A lot of people owe me a favor. I have sort of a ... diplomatic immunity.
---
Shara: So ...
<She leans over and crawls on his lap>
---
Shara: <grins> ... if I now were to just kill you; up here; tonight ...
Aken: You's be dead tomorrow. And I'm not worth that much trouble to you, am I?
---
Shara: <more serious> So that's your thing, eh? Meddling everywhere, but not enough to be worth killing?
Aken: You could say so, yes ...
---
<They're staring at each other>
Aken: ... you're staring at me, Shara. What's going on in your pretty. criminal head ... ?
Shara: ... that's none of your business.
---
<She kisses him>

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Alt-text: "Aken may be exaggerating a little bit ... but killing someone is still more trouble than Shara is wanting to have right now."

Note how just about half an hour ago she said she was not in the mood and won't sleep with him. On the other hand, that may have been referring to sleeping with him as a payment, not to sleeping with him in general ...


Updated on 2017-11-05: As much as I have trouble looking back on this scene in general, I love the last 2 panels here.

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