While I understand the desire to end the shenanigans and recover most of the property as quickly as possible, what kind of message would it send to others to reward the looter with 10%?
What do you expect? Take a walk in Klee's shoes, and ask yourself what you might be able to live with. I assure you, standing ground on principles is not the top priority here.
It's like when kidnappers make a ransom demand and you're supposed to answer, "we don't negotiate." Right....
