Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20160807005311/@comment-4010415-20160825182916

You guys keep saying that Mercury is in it for the evil or the fun or whatever Cinder might be paying him, but I think he's in it because he feels he has nothing better to do so he might as well.

Think about it.


 * He was raised and trained to be an assassin. That's the skill set he has. That's what he knows how to be. That's what he is now, thanks to Marcus.


 * His house burned down, and his father is dead. We've been given no sign or word of his mother. He may have nowhere to go, no one to go to.


 * Did he have a job prior to killing Marcus? Probably not. Marcus was raising him to work as an assassin along with him.

Cinder found him immediately after he killed his father and his house burned down. She offered for him to travel with her and work for her, when he had nothing else. I wouldn't be surprised if his reason for joining her was "Sure, why not? It's not like I have anything better to do."