"Well you said assassin so i thought you were one, sorry then. Me, im just the adventurer, i get free shit and usually a free meal on the road. I was already rich from raids and dungeon exploring so what would have been the point of charging?"
A: "Uh, no, I just said I ventilate people. And you must've lucked out if where you come from creepy-crawlies had a habit of gathering shiny things. Most of the wildlife I've seen with my own eyes was mainly busy with not getting shot, eaten, set on fire, or any combination of those.
And we were bound by rules: military discipline. Civvies out of the way, fighting done by fighters against fighters. Who surrenders is a PoW with all the rights of one. And who stepped out of line and hurt non-combatants got a lashing at best. At worst, the Box...
Besides, who the hell even hires mercs that have a history of going apeshit on people. We were efficient.
Never ruthless."
"Oh, so the firefox worked for a PMC? Not as good as a fully backed military. But the life of a merc is the life of a merc I suppose."
A: "At least we always got the opportunity to back out on contracts and get the hell out of a war if things went really bad. Not so much for the poor bastards that had to slug it out until the end in regular armies."
*Crystal winks at Amy and says no more*
*The red panda simply gulps, a sliver of anxiety creeping in.*