"If we get everything back, then we'll at least be stronger for it. So, at least there's that as a plus side," he laughed faintly. He nearly said 'what doesn't kill you makes your stronger' but thought better of the turn of phrase.

To all of that, though, at first she got little more than a 'hn' from him. He disapproved, of course, of being 'vicious' to criminals, or to that specific level of violence. But it was also not exactly an area where getting preachy had been very effective on anyone. "We had a fair few criminals who fell under 'ruthless' in my world," Tim said instead. "I've been training for years in order to fight against them, myself. Not so much because of vendetta, though-- more an inclination towards justice."