Try your luck at the next best place

The next best place slams the door into your face. ‘Flatfoot crackdowns,’ a passerby remarks and gives you another address in turn.

And so you ask people you do not trust, knocking on the doors of people who come highly recommended, but who do not trust you in turn. Until you are finally introduced to the Unsavoury Lender.

You spent some time chasing down leads.

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"Business is bad," she claims. "Risks need to be managed and the flatfoots have never been more of a nuisance. And some people even need encouragement before they repay their loans." She gives you a half-smirk. "If you can believe that."

You can.

"Anyway, I can offer you 200 now and – you’re in shipping? And some flexibility. 250 on your return. I’ll wait but I won’t wait forever – and you’re not likely to get a better deal anywhere else. Pay me back on time and we will become fast friends."