Dooku chuckles, rich and deep. He senses no falsehood in Bela, which means his prediction is true beyond his most optimistic appraisals. This woman will be a powerful ally in the assorted skulduggery that the Count means to unfold.

"Oh, I think we just might be able to find a use for skills like those," he says dryly. Thieving and diplomacy in one package, how delightful. "I foresee we will have great need of your ability to make connections as we spread our reach in the imPort community." To say nothing of getting important items and information out of hostile hands (and into Dooku's).