Mark couldn't help being impressed with that confession. "You can Deal with them..?" That didn't fit very well into his neat mental image of the monsters as uncontrollable, unnatural beasts... then again, being oddly shaped and even being hostile didn't mean one was stupid. How many of the Dendarii's enemies told stories about the wild beast in their ranks, unaware that Taura was far more intelligent than most of her opponents could dream?

"What sort of bargain did you make? And what sort of... individual... was it?" You of all people ought to know better than to think, just because something is created, it's under the complete control of the creators.