CaleMy foul mood persisted over the next several days. That little Kaoru punk hitting on my sister was complete nonsense. She was too young for that, and he was too much of a punk. I wondered, briefly, how much trouble I would actually get into if I wiped out the Yamato line. They could not be that important, right? Besides, there were too many warrior families anyway, and they weren't even part of the Dominion of Vera. Nobody would miss them.No. No. No. Gran would absolutely kill me if I wiped out an entire family. What is wrong with you, Cale? Your first indication should not be to wipe out an entire family. But maybe I could just break the kid's legs.When I thought about it that way it seemed totally reasonable. That was more or less how we handled things in the Wastes.I considered the moral implications of might makes right as I walked back from the market.I made my way into the house and was not surprised to see two people sitting at Gran's kitchen table. Even with them masking their presence, I knew them well enough that they could not get it past me, even slightly distracted as I was.The first was Knight-Captain Aidan Vanta, sitting at my Gran's table sipping coffee with that strange mana blend he liked. Behind him stood one of the Vanta household retainers, Calis from the Morea houseline, who was not one of the Thirty-Fourth. That alone told me this was not official Dominion of Vera business."You know, Captain," I said conversationally as I stepped inside, "if you're trying to help me remain incognito and keep the Ghost of the Wastes out of people's attention, you're not doing a very good job."Aidan looked up calmly."As the duke's son and heir to the Dukedom of Vanta," I continued, "you showing up at a nobody's house, even one in the moderately nice part of Valecis Isle, is going to cause questions. I think you underestimate how well known you are, Captain." (...)