Harry's buying it so leans in to the bit by saying he and Tevrin aren’t so different after all. Tevrin pretends to be interested in this resistance. He believes the Federation is trying to consolidate power in order to create a total hegemonic supremacy. He calls himself a resistance fighter against the Federation. Tevrin doubles down on his resolve to turn him in so Harry goes into his “poor unfortunate soul” routine explaining he had to sell it because he was poor. Therefore, handing Harry over to Starfleet will not get him the cudgel back since there’s no way of knowing where it is now. He calls the romantic encounter he had with Tevrin’s sister as a “forbidden tryst” and admits he does remember stealing the cudgel to keep as a memento of their secret love but unfortunately has since sold it. Harry sees that he’s in serious trouble now so he decides to concede a few more things by saying a distant memory is bubbling up to the surface of his consciousness and that he vaguely remembers a Tellarite named Tevrin Krit. Tevrin kicks him in the face and puts the ship into warp. So Harry decides to concede a few things to Tevrin by saying he may have been falsely accused once or twice in the past but the accusations really are all false and he surely hasn’t been in a situation as serious as this one. He thinks about a time when he was captured by a Klingon bounty hunter and tells the Klingon exactly what he told the masked woman: “How dare you put your hands on me, you filth! When my associates get word of this brutality…” a pattern of behavior begins to emerge. Tevrin says “I’m sure you’re used to worming your way out of situations like this, but not today!” Harry assures him that he’s never been in a situation like this before… but that triggers a few memories for him. Harry realizes he’s in danger and goes right back into his swindler routine. Tevrin explains that there’s 100,000 Credit bounty on his head and he’s so glad that he’ll be the one profiting from Harry’s downfall. The advertisement says he’s wanted on 30 counts of smuggling, 20 counts of attempted homicide, 1 count of attempted regicide, several counts of transportation of stolen goods, and 1 count of “ penetrating a space whale.” Harry finds most of these charges to be outrageous but says “you had to be there” for the count about space whales. Tevrin shuts him up by showing him the bounty advertisement with Harry’s mugshot front and center. Harry says he’s never seen one and then begins his swindler routine about being a gentleman of the highest caliber. Tevrin explains that a cudgel is a hand weapon used in close quarters combat. Harry remains firm in his stance that none of that happened and says he doesn’t even know what a cudgel is. He introduces himself as Tevrin Krit and explains they met some time ago when Harry slept with his sister and stole their family’s sacred Cudgel. The Tellarite takes his Phaser and whips Harry across the face with it asking: “I bet you never thought you’d see this face again, did you?” Harry agrees because he doesn’t remember ever meeting the Tellarite. She disregards this comment entirely and beams away. Harry first tries a fear-based approach to get out of the situation by exclaiming: “How dare you put your hands on me, you filth! When my associates get word of this brutality, you’ll find yourself on the wrong end of a disintegration beam!” When that doesn’t get a response he tries to bargain with her saying he’ll double whatever the Tellarite’s paying her if she’ll let him go. A masked woman brings Harry Mudd as a prisoner to a Tellarite bounty hunter.

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