Stukov snorted at the tag team from the Inquisitor and Psyker on the matter of She who Thirsts, as the being was referred to by the xeno Eldar and Dark Eldar. The cultists he had not ever been nearly as concerned with, and it was the very same problems that the Inquisitor described in fighting such daemon spawn that made him concerned with their presence. But the man's attempts to rattle the Armsman had elicited the amused snort, and an easy response towards the two of them as they finished in their manner of speaking, giving the psyker his own nickname since he never was one to use people's actual names, superiors getting boss, sir or ma'am while equals or those that ended up working alongside him got nicknames. He based his for the psyker on the utter lack of the very named behavior. [color=9e0b0f]"Appreciate the warnings and such Boss, Smiles. I've seen their lesser daemons before, boarding actions being what they are, and having to shoot the guy next to you as this purple haze goes over his eyes from failing to shelter himself ain't fun. Khornate at least will just kill you and be done with it, the others tend to do far worse, in their own [i]special[/i] little ways."[/color]

Stukov didn't even have time to respond or rebut to the Inquisitor as he shoved the equivalent of infinite money into his hands and moved off, having told him to distribute the cards right before the man walked off. Well, that was abrupt, and the arrival of the Orderly and heavily armed security detail only confirmed his concern on the fact that there was no cover. Psyker powers wouldn't help if the first volley vaporized her. But the man seemed to focus on him, talking and listing off places that sounded far too above his paygrade to ever warrant him wanting to set foot in such places. But he nodded politely and responded briefly before he stormed off to do whatever Emperor forsaken tasks the man had to go about doing. [color=9e0b0f]"I appreciate the tips, we might have to check those places out during our stay here."[/color]

The man mentioned keeping the Inquisitor waiting, which immediately put the Armsman on edge. If this was supposed to be a subtle mission, was the Orderly supposed to even know they were an Inquisitorial party? Why bother with the disguises then? Stukov didn't need the Psyker telling him there was trouble afoot for him to realize it this time, and nodded curtly to the rest of the group, including two new arrivals he would deal with afterwords, when he dispensed the money cards. [color=9e0b0f]"You heard the lady, let's move."[/color] Stukov was quick to catch up to the woman, and while the Armsman hadn't overtly drawn weapons he was on a hair trigger, so to speak, ready to draw on the first sign of trouble. If that meant a threat to his boss, then that was what it meant. If someone came after them, six chambers of buckshot plus a sidearm with slug was waiting. And that didn't include all the other nasty tricks and weapons the rest of this little group were packing. [color=9e0b0f]"What are we looking at Smiles, what unseen warp tidings got you all riled up?"[/color]