Perhaps. I forget, sometimes, how adept those in the City are at taking care of what is left behind when we leave. [Out of necessity, habit, or the hope that, when they themselves leave, someone will be there to step in for them. It isn't like that at home, where it's generally assumed that no one will go missing (or at least that anyone with a hazardous lifestyle will have the decency to note what needs to be done in the event of their death).]
Then I am sorry that they weren't as professional as you might have preferred. [There's mild exasperation in his tone, not snark. Only Hei would be disappointed by amateur pirates.]
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Perhaps. I forget, sometimes, how adept those in the City are at taking care of what is left behind when we leave. [Out of necessity, habit, or the hope that, when they themselves leave, someone will be there to step in for them. It isn't like that at home, where it's generally assumed that no one will go missing (or at least that anyone with a hazardous lifestyle will have the decency to note what needs to be done in the event of their death).]
Then I am sorry that they weren't as professional as you might have preferred. [There's mild exasperation in his tone, not snark. Only Hei would be disappointed by amateur pirates.]