He never did like big cities. Too many buildings, too much noise, and too many damned people. At a glance one would think that the whole of Cantha's populace was located right here in the Kaining Center, but in actuality it's markets were also teaming with a large amount of adventurers, sight seers and merchants from Tyria and Elona. Not that it was really any different in any other port city, on a good day Lion's Arch could be filled with hundreds of people from all over the world seeking fame, fortune, and of coarse adventure.
Everyday a new group was born it seemed, another self righteous band of fools seeking to make a name for themselves through whatever means. Everyday a new wave would come into the Center, plying their trade to anyone interested and move on, only to be replaced the next day by another group. Some were motivated by greed, others by power, hell some were only in it for the killing. Occasionally one might cross paths with a few motivated by the actual desire to do good but they were few and far between, and getting fewer everyday.
Whatever your reasons one could find work here in the Kaining Center. It was a thought that was both intriguing and confounding at the same time but never really surprising. This was a big city after all, always growing, swelling with life and ready to burst at the seams, yearning to expand. It was a monster of man's making, and like any monster it hungered, swallowing the naïve and the weak, chewing them up and spitting them out as mere shadows of there former selves. Some got smart, some got killed. Either way they were never the same.
"Some got smart…" He shook his head. Forcing the thoughts back into his subconscious, back were they belong. His was a past that did not need to be dwelt on. "The past is past, better to forget." This was something he had to remind himself of on several occasions. In his line of work one couldn't afford to let his mind stray, he had to stay focused, observant. A moment's hesitation or panic and it was over. This was a lesson you lean quickly, because as an assassin you either got smart or you got killed.