[She can hear that anger, and recoils from it, wheels turning in her head. Going at it this way isn't getting her anywhere with Duster. He says his friend wouldn't have... he thinks she's got the whole story wrong. And maybe she has.]

All right. I understand now. [This is Duster's way. These are Duster's rules. She can only play his game by understanding them.] That is not how it's done in Serindia, but, it's wiser. No revenge. No feud. Two men settling their business - and it's done.

[He'll have a hard time convincing the others who have interfered - Watson especially, she thinks - but she can't tell him that.]