Da Boss on the ethics of thievery

The following is from a conversation between Da Boss and Kitiara Majere, a recently recruited Free Man

"Youse has us all wrong, Kitiara, it's not like dat. Sure, some things take money, and money ain't rainin' from da skies if youse know what I mean, but it's not about dat.

A good thieve's guild ain't about picking pockets, it's about making sure only da right thieves are doing da lifting, and even den, only on da right peoples, ya know? We don' want no old poor folks gettin' dere life savin's lifted by someone wit' no scruples, right?.

We may do a little protection racket, ya know, charge a shop to see dat nuttin' bad happens to it, but we really provide dat protection. Someones gotta, and believe me, da mayors and constables and town watch couldn't give a rotten copper for da workin' slob tryin' ta make a decent livin' for his family, beatin' on metal all day or makin' his leather stuff, or whuddevuh.

Da right kinda thieve's guild operates wit' da support of the people, actin' as protectors of da common folk, standin' between da normal folks like youse and me and da privileged and titled people dat would udderwise abuse dem.

Dere ain't nutton' wrong wit' chargin a little scratch for your soivices, right?

Dey say dere's honor among thieves, but dere ain't. 'Ceptin' da towns dat have a proper thieves guild runnin' things. Youse know what I mean? And da Freemen will be a proper thieves guild. Da one in Pendor now sucks, it's takin' from da common folks more dan da rich dat have more dan dey need, and dat's why I think we can get in dere and knock it off. Dey got udder problems to but we can talk about dat later.

Besides, youse ain't no sneak thief, Kitiara. Youse is a cleric. We got plenty a sneak thieves already. I got udder plans for youse.

If youse finds dat I am askin' youse to do stuff dat violates your spirituality, which I won't, but if I do youse can always take off later, I ain't askin' youse to commit your whole life. But I needs a commitment for awhile, cause some of da stuff dat needs doin' ain't da kind of stuff dat can be done in a day.