Ella dipped her chin in a single nod. "As long as one of them is loud, count me in. I can do a lot with the position I am in, but I want to tear this shite down, see?" She took another drink and than inhaled sharply, wincing just slightly at the way her ribs shift as she turned. "I don't need to know all of your information, mind, but I will be upfront and tell you that whatever it is you're looking for, if it comes down to choosing between it and myself, I will choose myself every time." She didn't need him to trust her, but perhaps if there were no pretenses, no expectations other than the cold, hard facts as to why they were in this and where they'd be coming out in the end, they could work together just fine.
She shrugged, keeping her voice low still and glanced around the two of them inconspicuously to make sure no one was paying any special attention to them. "Big mess. Hope you don't mind getting a little blood on your hands. And your friends, if they want, they've got to be willing to get dirty. Fuck if we're going to get ahead without playing the same fucking game they're playing. That's what it comes down to."