[What, in terms of snake-charming them into giving him everything he wants? He hasn't tried it on them yet. Not when he's only at 30% capacity at best. He can't risk it failing somehow and causing everything to collapse, not with the freshly minted viscountess now breathing down his neck.]

No, right now I'm still getting them to trust me. If I can keep this up just a little longer I might be able to get access to their finances, and...

[...Start hiding escape funds in the monthly budget, squirreling away money little by little until he finally has enough to buy his way into Elysium and get that suppression band off by himself, unnoticed and with no way to trace him. No way to bring him back. No joining the Corsairs needed.

It'll work. It'll take fucking forever. He knows as soon as the words leave his mouth that Kalim won't want to wait that long.]