You are so hopeful that this is what will come to pass, and I will tell you that you have a better chance of being ported out than you do of that man's interest wavering. You interfered in his business. You did something that will make him interested in you. And that is not something he will forget no matter how boring you try to become. This man, this devil is the most feared, most notorious imPort for a reason.

[ Petyr shrugs with a nonchalant air about him. ]

If you are content to be a slave at his beck and call, the ass fearing the stick and hoping every day for it to be over, be my guest. All I am saying is that I could help you find a way out of it.

[ He trails off to let that offer of assistance linger. The wise choice, however, would be to not accept the it, Rincewind. Because this will probably come back to haunt you when Petyr has to weigh the choice between who is a more useful ally -- you or Lucifer. ]