Some parts of the world do things differently, but where I'm from it's basically the same. You work, you get paid. Pretty simple.

[ ... well, the principle is simple. The work itself, that's where things can get complicated. Even when he's supposed to be the arm of the law in Fabletown he ends up being viewed as the villain of the story. Makes him wonder, once in a while, if there's any point in all of it.

Someone there keeps his head straight. Keeps his heart straight, too. She's not here.

Could be a problem, in time.

But for now he's doing well enough, keeping himself out of trouble, and he shrugs a bit at the man's remarks in regards to his time here. ]

From what I hear, everyone's got some reason or another to not want to leave so quickly anyway.