"X. Where do I start?" Depth Charge sighed again, this time out of chagrin rather than disappointment. "The Protoform X I'm looking for is an experiment gone wrong- insanity calling itself science, not to mention a sadistic freak. He escaped, turned up in my jurisdiction- a little settlement called Colony Omicron- and destroyed everything there but me, then carried on across the rest of the universe. I make it my duty to find him and offline him. Personally."

He paused to catch Kvothe's eye. "Don't get the wrong idea- you're obviously no cold-blooded killer. Guess if you want something enough you'll believe anything."