"She has her uses, now and again." He smiles at Harry, that careful neutrality back on his face for a moment. "I think you mean it's that, or I put you through the inconvenience of an arrest for obstructing a federal investigation. Another arrest, if I recall from your file. So you know how that goes, all the time and the paperwork, et ceterea. And while you're keeping company with the night's crop of drunks and working girls, I'll be off sorting out another way to get what I need. On my own. Which I do suppose you don't want on your conscience, given the warning."

Raylan sighs and leans forward. "Mr. Dresden. I think I've been fairly reasonable thus far. But I have to ask - if I were to say yes to your company, what exactly would you do to the folks we went to see, if one of them did what you're being blamed for?"