[ Again, her personality seems deeply unsuited for the work, though Kim knows better than to judge someone based on first impressions. But he thinks about the last contractors he'd met, the things they had bragged about --

She is not like them, he thinks. Their masks had been paper-thin. If this is a mask, then it's quite firmly affixed. ]

Yes, if you died. [ His voice takes on an apologetic tone. ] I know that's a forward question, but considering our circumstances... anyway. I hope for your sake that you're not, even if you're at peace with it. I know of someone else who assumed that they had died, but news from someone familiar with them confirmed that that wasn't the case.

[ It was him. He's the someone familiar. But it's not his story to tell. ]