Enough of this is rational enough for Marcus to simply absorb it, though there is some nearly imperceptible twinge to his expression at what seems like a tenuous amount of cause and effect, of stolen money and frustrated workers, but,

it is outside his purview, and he chooses not to express much more on it beyond that half-raised eyebrow. This other thing, the point rendered at its most basic, seems to chime with the most sense, and he offers a grunt of acknowledgment for the last. His eyeline flickers down to the map again.

"There's the possibility they could be compelled to surrender, or do it anyway at the sign of aggression. Do we expect they'll chance their lives over it?"