"You wield fear well," he answers in earnest and hands over the cords, gathering one sleeve at a time to hold while they're tied up.

Izzy isn't sure he agrees on the leaving people alive thing, but if it's all part of the game then it's a game he will have to learn. Quite exciting, really. He has a mind for games and structure. Has a mind for knowledge.

"What I don't understand," he says instead of thanks for the help and gift to begin with,

"-is if you leave someone alive won't they just go off and come back with an armada? Dead men can't seek vengeance, either."