Of all the things Lien-da had been subjected to in her long, miserable, and somehow varied life, piracy was one she had always contended with.
Disgraced individuals of sides and races aplenty (the twilight cage was vast, after all) would often band together to augment their chances of survival. And while some would try to gain the good graces of their former masters, others embraced this newfound neutrality, with the freedom that came with. And so, calling for their services had become a bit of a tolerated activity (within limit), especially if far from home and short on supplies. She, however, did not have to like them, and a decade or two later, these feelings had remained vastly unchanged. She of course, has had no intention of making any kind of interaction with the rat she currently saw vastly beneath her, but she had need of a boat, and so, would have to play by his rules, whichever they were.