[ The smile now is crueler, sharper, but more obvious. ]

Of course they have. Within a week, I was murdered upon the streets of this very market.

[ Had he goaded the fight? Yes. Though that hadn't been hard. ]

It is a lesson that most should only learn once, but some are... weak, or soft enough that they refuse to take the lesson to heart.

[ Silco does not mention the two he killed recently himself, either. Mostly because one of them he plans to kill again, in a truly spectacular fashion. ]