chenier you just don't get how Abbot works i geuss.
Hes kind like an indian businessmen, he likes to know you first, who you are, your family and establish a relation based on respect and a sort of friendship.
He sees a real trade relation like the one between him and your character, like something you do together.
If you lower the price you ask the other one if he'd agree to it, even if you have no other choice then to lower it, Abbot would suspect you to negociate/talk about it first.
it's like living together as a couple, when the couple has a sort of equal relationship, one of them doesn't go just redecorate the house or make other decisions all by him or her self without getting into a fight.
Sometimes you know something in the house just has to change, but usually its more tactful to just discuss it first, even if you already know the answer. (especialy with women, we men tend to care less about all this, women these days don't want to feel second handed or 'less' equal(such a shame
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This is how Abbot also sees his long term trade relations with Machiavel.
