Kratos nodded absentmindedly. "Yes, people can change like that..." He looked at Stahn. "Most of the time they barely realize it too until someone mentions it." No one liked change; it was probably why people always denied it ever occurring. What change meant was that whatever you were doing to begin with, it wasn't enough.

His commentary finished, Kratos continued in his quest for information. "I digress. So about Leon - why was he observing you in the first place? To keep your little group out of trouble or for, say, some mission?" Officials using criminals to do their dirty work: he'd heard of that one before.