Kemisi stared, stunned. Doug, the Rat-man who had tyrannized the Wriggly Zone for years, was dead on the ground, just like that.
The Little Snake Maiden was dumbfounded, too. Her stunned expression was remarkably innocent and cute, but it was mostly filled with satisfaction.
"Why did you kill him?" Kemisi asked instinctively.
'Fucking idiot!' The Lord was so exasperated he almost laughed. "If I hadn't killed him, was I supposed to wait for him to kill you?"
"Don't be a fool. Think about everything he's done to you. If I weren't here, it's obvious he was going to come for you tonight."
If he wasn't worried about damaging the trust he had just managed to build with them, the Lord couldn't have been bothered to explain.
Kemisi was a classic case of someone who had been oppressed for so long that he wouldn't fight back unless backed into a corner, preferring to stick to the established order.
