Back in the New Home Merchant Guild's compound, Cara had finished "Interrogating" their guest about the status of his loot.
As it turned out, he had nothing worth taking, even what he did have, she chose to let him keep. Plus, the Elders were here now, and if she kept messing with him, they were going to make her do annoying stuff like file reports, or sweep streets or something.
She had seen their punishment before, and it was diabolical.
Of course, only in Cara's mind would the punishment details of the Clan seem diabolical. To others, they were remarkably kind and gentle. They didn't even make the Clan Members undergo intensive training to correct deficiencies.
Many others underwent the sort of hellish training scenarios that broke both the mind and body, only to rebuild them into a stronger and more capable member.
