Harabero smirked. This would be fun. Surely he was not suggesting an ability to single handedly establish an entire market in Bretonia on his own? No. That would be a humorous thought. A joke, perhaps? However, there was nothing to suggest such. The Don wasn't sure if he should laugh or not. He couldn't resist a chuckle, however.
Heh, it is always a good idea to lighten the mood with a joke. I am at a loss for words if it is not. Honestly. I would not grace that with a response.
On a more serious note, while the Mollies are not hostile with us, they definitely are not our "friends". I do not know how different things have become in Bretonia from "your days", as I expanded my priorities beyond my Cartel fairly recently, however now they are not the most... receptive of our dream. Nor do our patrols reach toward their territory in the Dublin system often enough for us to have establish anything more than a 'truce'. If you like you may expand upon that. I personally do not see any growth within them, however.
As for you working with ourselves and by extension De Marco, if you do not wish to, that is fine. We have the capabilities and have set our sights upon Bretonia and some other houses for some time already. Despite what you may think, Bretonia does have connections to the Orange Dream, however, most of the traders have simply used those to go to Liberty. It just needs to be rerouted. Why I am offering this is to give you an opprotunity to voice your opinions and work with us, together, as we are a united Maltese nation, to bring something together that would establish the benefit of all Maltese lives.
You would give us a unique opinion and so called "connections" in Bretonia. You are not one to tackle a house "solo", as much as you may like to think so. The Ghosts are long gone. And you aren't offering this to us out of pity. Do not mistake this. If you wish to work together, leave a more "open minded" approach. If not, leave it.