[ Kim sighs. ] I would argue that it's just as important to stay alert where I am from. Perhaps without the same... intrigue and political ramifications unless you happen to be a particularly important person, but nevertheless.

[ Revachol is a dangerous city. Everyone knows it. People may not want to take advantage of you for reasons of political salience, but they'll certainly steal the shirt off your back, target you for being different, want to take out some aggression that's built up year after brutal year. Wryly, he says, ] I'm a bit envious. I wish it were less widespread in Revachol.

[ It is not illegal. But he has seen what it does to a person. ]

You could say the same about this place, couldn't you? With the sort of fights people pick, it's better to keep your wits about you. I remember some oni tried to pick a fight with me my first day here. [ For looking lost, he recalls. Like some stupid tourist. He resents that. ]

But I'm one to talk, considering we intend to take full advantage of that.

[ Kim is a cop, after all. He is not above abusing someone's state of inebriation for answers. ]