"You know that side of the business better than I do," he offered, not precisely accepting Leo's terms but not refusing them either.
"As for the matches themselves, I'd say that's up to the ones holding the betting slips." He paused. "Under your supervision, of course. But really, do you think the Colosseum would ever have been built if everyone had been so inflexible?" He looked far away for a moment, a slight wistfulness in his tone. "I owned a gladiator school once, in the late second century. If our partnership works out, I might like to expand in that direction."
Now that he was on more confident footing, Carrick gave a tiny, slightly mysterious smile. "Why don't we step inside and talk? There's so much I'd like to hear about..."