User blog:MrGrey27/The Thief And The Butcher

This is just a quick little thing I thought about regarding the title of one of the books that Emerald asks Tukson about. What if 'The Thief And The Butcher' was actually a hint for us viewers about what was gonna happen to Tukson?

Consider this: the scenes before Emerald and Mercury enter the bookstore clearly establish that Emerald is a quite skilled thief. Thus, if we were to consider her the 'Thief' from the book's title, then that would make Mercury the 'Butcher'. And what do butchers do for a living? They kill animals. The duo's target, Tukson, is a faunus- in other words the 'Animal' that the 'Butcher' has arrived to kill, with the 'Thief' as his partner.

This has me wondering what Mercury's role is in Cinder's plans. If this little analysis holds up, might his role then be that of a professional assassin? The clip showing his fight with Pyrrha certainly seems to suggest he would have the fighting skills for such a role... Which would seem to make the nature of Cinder's plans all the more sinister...

Anyway, that's all for now! Let me know what your thoughts on this are!