Not terrible

[Mikhail]

The man they had intended to meet left his companion and came toward them. A ghost of a smile touched Eiji Sato's mouth. The man at least showed a measure of respect.

The bald man's eyes had lowered in anger at the man's approach. The one called Stanislav had perhaps thought to have them to himself. Clearly, he was a fool. He seemed oblivious to the lack of respect Eiji had shown the man. There had been no introductions, no formal drinks to open the meeting.

The Kolomov dogs had set the tone. Now they were seeing the result. Had this been the actual meeting, the scar faced man would have been stopped. Any attempt to press forward would have been met with death by Koji and his other men.

As it stood, though, they were willing to speak to this man. Eiji had nearly made up his mind even before agreeing to this meeting. It had been mere idle curiosity he'd made his decision..

Eiji nodded slightly to Koji, who then spoke. "Eiji Sato is pleased to meet you, Mr. Petrović." This was not a formal meeting, not an alliance, at least. Not here. He glanced at the man Stanislav. He could not help the slight smile at the potential for violence here. Petrović looked a hard man and the Kolomovs were drunk and angry.

All of which tended to put people off balance.