[And he will not stay to be sure she goes. Consider instead his eye on her- or perhaps her eye, were she to stray too far- even as he turns back to head in the direction she had come from.
He would see what the rumor was. There was no true form of law enforcement on this planet, but there were plenty of gangs and bounty hunters. Depending on who she had killed she could become a target- if they were willing to admit such a girl had killed their friend.
He flips the knife in his hand as he walks, wiping it clean on his cape and pausing at the nearest intersection to stab it into the joint between two steel panels of one of the prefab buildings, using the leverage to snap it in two.
He leaves the blade, takes the handle, and goes to do his duty, as unpleasant as it may come to be.]
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He would see what the rumor was. There was no true form of law enforcement on this planet, but there were plenty of gangs and bounty hunters. Depending on who she had killed she could become a target- if they were willing to admit such a girl had killed their friend.
He flips the knife in his hand as he walks, wiping it clean on his cape and pausing at the nearest intersection to stab it into the joint between two steel panels of one of the prefab buildings, using the leverage to snap it in two.
He leaves the blade, takes the handle, and goes to do his duty, as unpleasant as it may come to be.]