Robin nodded once in Scarlet's direction. Good thinking. Robin had been thinking revenge, Scarlet had been thinking tactical. This was why he needed his men. Why he should never have thought he could do any of this without them.
"You hear that, Johnny Boy? You don't breathe a word until we get Marian back safe and sound, and you get your egg back. Minus a - shall we say - caretaker's fee? Don't worry, we will be putting the entire fee towards the ongoing care of the city's homeless." He clapped John's cheek twice. "Or shall we put him in the sheriff's dungeon?" He never would, he just wanted to see John snivel some more.