[She pauses, the hesitation clear. Emily wishes it were so easy to make such promises. But considering that she doesn't know the details of the blackmail itself, it's impossible for her, as Empress, to turn a blind eye to higher offenses; she can't be complacent and pretend to be ignorant about something that might affect her city in unforeseen ways.
There are always more subtle ways of dealing with things, if it came down to that, though. Corvo could help her, if this was something to be kept out of the public eye -- as long as she found it reasonable, and not an act of say... a murder cover-up, or something similar.]
As long as your client isn't a murderer, or something as equally reprehensible, then you have my word.
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There are always more subtle ways of dealing with things, if it came down to that, though. Corvo could help her, if this was something to be kept out of the public eye -- as long as she found it reasonable, and not an act of say... a murder cover-up, or something similar.]
As long as your client isn't a murderer, or something as equally reprehensible, then you have my word.