User blog comment:Zathronas/Analysis by an author: Volume 2 episode 1/@comment-10390252-20140725123925/@comment-10390252-20140725191923

The conflicting messages go away if you accept the proposition that Roman was deliberately protecting Tukson for some reason. What could they be? Off the top of my head:

1) Tukson had embezzled lots of money from White Fang and had given Roman a cut in exchange for passage out of Vale;

2) Tukson had been a double agent in White Fang loyal to Roman for some time but his usefulness was at an end. Because he's loyal to his agents, Roman was smuggling him out.