he who hesitates is toast

Edmund Gray turns out to be the kind of genuinely charming asshole that could easily have made it as a legitimate businessman – he just prefers the slight tinge of danger and the exponentially higher rewards of holding events for the higher class of criminal element. He greets them personally, almost as soon as they've made their way through the metal detector.

(Their vibranium sidearms don't make so much as a peep.)

"Ms. Kruhl!" he says, all delight as he kisses both her cheeks. "So happy you could join us. It's always exciting to get a new competitor at the eleventh hour, yes?"

"Mr. Gray," she replies, smoothly. "Thank you for the invitation. May I introduce my associate, Mr. Ryan Devlin?"