What a shame she didn't trust faces that were presented to her. After all the time Kess had spent making himself look suitable. And harmless. Look at him. He looks absolutely incapable of anything. Even with his glamour not working (and he is not happy with that new development) he has had a lot of practice appearing non threatening.

How do you get close enough to slip a blade between someone's ribs? Act like that's the last type of thing you'd be capable of.

Silly, harmless. Maybe even act a little drunk. But he knew the precise way to sway his step, as he crossed over to her. "Alone? Or lonely?" It was one of the lines his roommates used to get attention. They knew what they were doing.