United Kingdoms

— Interesting story, but you don't seem to be lying. That's good news for both of us: I won't have to extract information from you through humiliation and torture. But there's also bad news for you: you killed the people you wanted to work for. And your recklessness is of no use to me. A person like you will cause more problems than benefits. And you know too much of what you shouldn't. Do you understand?

- I understand. But wouldn't the people whose men I killed experience a shortage of personnel, which I could so conveniently fill? Not to mention that I would be clearly smarter and wouldn't allow myself to be riddled with bolts like a pig in a battle that is impossible to win. I don't think those dullards represented any sentimental value to their employers, so why not consider this, as they say, "even from a bad sheep, you can get some wool"? If I am executed, those people will lose two dullards, but if I am kept alive, those people will still lose two dullards, but at least they will gain a reckless spy in return. Who, moreover, is not a pity to lose and who will have nowhere to run from them.