"Before we begin, I know many of you are eager to talk payment. I know none of you are working for the betterment of the Empire. You are here for the coin. If you'll look under your chair, you'll find a rather heavy bag. As promised, ten percent up front in imperial gold crowns. Now, I suppose I can't stop you from taking that money and running. I also can't stop you from bragging to your friends about this 'big score.' So I will also direct your attention to the scroll beneath your chair. Please open it up, and take note of the names listed.
"If you run, or if you talk, or if you do anything that I think jeopardize this mission, I will go down that list one by one. I will find that person, and make them suffer for as long as possible before they perish. And then I will find you, and I will throw you in the deepest dungeon, where you will beg for death before I tire of your irritating mewling.
"Do we understand one another?
"Good."