He shrugged. "I doubt it would have been easy, but fastest? Pick him up, fly up a few hundred feet, savage him for a bit, and then drop and laugh."<br/><br/>He considered the request, taking nearly a minute, before slowly shaking his head. "No, probably better if you weren't involved, and stayed off the streets for a bit as well. And this is going to take time. I am not going to rush in. I am not THAT stupid. I am going to finish doing my best to give myself alcohol poisoning, and then pass out for a day, decide how to deal with reporting this, and THEN make several rounds around the paladin's residence, to see if I can spot a true weak spot, rather than a ruse to draw in ones like myself for their slaughter. I survived nearly five years in this job back in the capital, when the average time before being 'replaced' was about a year and a half."