“Self-rule and political autonomy?” she said. “At the end of a gun? How does that work?” “Tribute,” Vaughn said. “A pledge of financial and resource support if called on, but with very little suggestion that there will be occasion for it.” “Plus the promise that he won’t kill the shit out of them, I’m guessing?” Vaughn’s smile was flinty. “Fisk didn’t make that explicit, but I think the implication’s there, yes.”
