You come up the stairs and see Kai.

"Why did he agree to help you ?" he asks.

"Bloodaxe? You think he shouldn't?"

He crosses his arms "Seems a bit short-sighted to me. I mean, he's weakening what little resistance, whatever you want to call it, there is. And for what?"

You remain silent.

"The chance of being wiped out by a dreadnought?"

"Guilt is a powerful too."

"Aye, guilt. The dark side of honor. Yeah, I think I once had something like that myself. Honor. Who would have thought? But it's true."

He turns completely to face you with a grin on his lips "What do you think? I've got ten, maybe fifteen cycles left, if that, before I steal from the wrong person or get stabbed by some dog-headed son of a bitch in a bar fight."

You laugh softly

"It's all your fault anyway."

For a moment, you thought he was blaming you, but then...

"You're making me want to be an honorable man."

And Kai actually meant it. The time he spends with you is changing him more and more. In a good way