[ sometimes....... murder is the answer. but there has to be someone who takes on that responsibility, the cost of being a tool of vengeance or justice or just plain killing, and he doesn't like that part.

so after a second, he reaches out, gently putting a paw on lucas's joined hands. that is enough murderous impulse even if he appreciates the thought, there there. ]

...Yes. Karm was very secretive, and only ever really met outsiders to arrange contracts for killing. Even our names and faces were never really meant to be shared. [ no one fucking trusts a village when your main export is assassinations and you wear freaky masks all the time ] But in the end, the major port cities are that much more dangerous, I think. Too much of that dark intent. [ too many places to get lost and disappear. ] I didn't realize that as a child, is all.