"I think most would say that that's a good sign, reacting that way," He mutters, a little resentfully. He had meant what he said about not going after Jax, unless the little twerp started something, but even posthumously he still had the ability to rouse anger, "The first one is always the hardest, they say."

If they're lucky, children grow up believing that the world has some fundamental fairness in it, even if things aren't fair to them, personally. Then you see how it is, and it's terrible. But Skan was created to fight, brought up in a time of war, and of a fighter's temperament, besides. He doesn't even remember the first time he killed.

"I wouldn't waste the sentiment on him, though. He wouldn't have felt for you, had your positions been reversed. And really, he'll be fine in a few days— it isn't as if I truly ended him."