"But what can we do?" One chairman sighed. "Our organizations are falling apart."
"We can't afford to compete with each other." Another remarked. "No, we can't even afford to operate separately anymore."
That was a strange remark. "What do you mean?"
"I'm saying that we must merge our organizations into one." The man resolutely declared, sending a wave of surprise across the many human leaders. "Rather, we must dissolve our respect assassination organizations and create a single brand new one from scratch. By pooling our remaining resources, inventory, territory, and manpower, we can sustain the assassination supply market. We can own it! We can rule the Shadow Isles together."
This radical idea would have been preposterous to suggest in the past and would have earned him the scorn of everybody in the room.