Settling In

"Eh, I've heard worse. And not all of us worked, the elderly and young didn't have to work. Besides, we weren't put in labor camps, they just liked to keep all the languages seperate, made it harder for resistance forces to coordinate across sectors. I actually had to keep my fluency of English a secret. I acted as an inside man for the English resistance, providing info and translating reports when I could. But I never did anything to blow my cover, if I was told to raid a rebel safe house, I'd do it, else the resistance would have no-one in the enforcers. I prioritized keeping my cover above all else, but it cost me dearly."

The fried calamari came small enough that one could eat them with either a small fork provided with the dishes or by hand if one preffered. Henry poured some salt onto his before using the small fork to take a few bites. It was similar to normal fish but slightly chewier, offset by the light crunch provided by the frying.

"And why would that be?" he asked. His employers hadn't told him much other than the job and how he would get paid.

Heh, yeah, he supposed that was a good observation, though many days he wondered if he had sacrificed too much.

"Well, that may be true enough, but I can think of another reason they hired me. If you're as important to them as you sound, then a good reason could simply be that it's a good idea for you to have a bodyguard in a place like this." Henry said, as he alternated between speaking and eating.

"One thing I want to make clear is that this city is safe for the most part, the police force here is made of the same kinds of people that live here and they do a pretty decent job of keeping the peace. But that means our enemies are as well. You make an enemy around here it could be anything from a guy who rips apart cars with his mind to a chinese dragon goddess who's been doing this dance for centuries. When you invite every monster within several hundred lightyears from here, you're bound to pick up a few actual monsters in the mix. Nearly everyone here is a bomb or a one man army. Everyone here is a monster from myths, legends and science-fiction, including us. The only difference is that some of them think twice about killing people. And some don't."