Well, that's up to Empire Imports. Probably, though.

Cool! Is there anything else?

She should be advised of various trade and tax laws, here's a briefing.

She has some but not all of them memorised, which books should she read to figure them out?

Okay. Here's a list.

Much too kind! She will look at those and then process them on the way to Suvak tonight.

There's also the matter of the bill.

It's getting close to when Empire Imports wanted her back.

Sure sure here's money she has a lot of it.

The law firm is pleased with this exchange.

The joys of positive-sum transactions!

Back to Empire Imports?

Yup. They're ready to resume negotiations. Pretty eager to get it sewn up actually, because of a sentiment similar to TGIF.

Well what exactly does 'sewn up' mean, here, because she has a few questions and requests about a few (dozen) clauses.

Their lawyer coaches them on which concessions are acceptable. Most of them, they want something else changed back in their favor. They're used to this legal haggling.

Sure, she can haggle, what sorts of things do they want changed back?

Details about scheduling and payment. Quibbling over the initial payment. Rephrase things that make it easier on their bureaucracy.

Sure, she will show some token reluctance to get better deals but doesn't actually care all that much about scheduling and payment, she's immortal and can be very patient when it comes to getting lots of resources like that. There are also the suggestions the lawyer made, those are mentioned, too.

In a couple hours the dance of negotiating is over. Clara regards Sadde approvingly at how she handles it, the other two don't care as much.

She beams at Clara's approval.

Well, now she had a signed contract to produce a whole bunch of things for four and a half million Kava. Right now. Let's go to the warehouses.

Sure sure warehouses she can go produce stuff.

(She also asks about the possibility of silicon sourcing.)

Under the watchful eye of Clara and two technicians who verify that it's the correct amount and packaging and so on.

It takes a couple hours. Clara looks tired by the end, but then Sadde has her money and the promise of a followup in about a week.

They can look into sourcing the various materials Sadde wants for her personal projects in the meanwhile.

She thanks them warmly, especially Clara, and if that's all she'll glance at a few books in the library and then fly back to Suvak.

The librarian notices that she's been here a lot lately and asks if she would like a card.

—maybe! That could be a pretty good idea, actually, yes.

Her temporary ID and paying the annual fee of 40 Kava is sufficient for this.