Talk:Cinder Fall/@comment-27186223-20180819195559/@comment-4141313-20180823203138

Do I have to keep explaining that the two not only are desensitized to what they do after their own backgrounds necessitated mucho violence and being around Cinder.

And again, I fell I must reiterate: ''Mercury was born and raised as an assassin. ''Marcus Black was explicitely known as an assassin, and its said Mercury was trained by him. Assassins need to be capable of detaching their emotions from their jobs so it doesn't get in the way of securing the kill. Its why the Hitman with a Heart trope is rare to see, as they more often show they have a heart when they are either off the job, or in the event there is a target they will not kill.

In addition, Mercury taking enjoyment in what he does is not unusual considering his background. Being raised by an abusive father/teacher would probably leave him with little happiness, so he'd derive happiness where he can, and if doing his job is where he is happiest, it makes sense.

Plus, of the known people he's killed, of which there is only really one confirmed kill in Tucson, his victim wasn't even a morally white character, he was morally dark grey at best, in that while he was disserting the White Fang, its never established why, and as such its possible he was just leaving to get out before it got too radical. He also never really did anything that redeemed him of his actions in the White Fang like Blake and Ilia did.

Sorry, but it gets a little irritating when people call Mercury an irredeemable monster along the lines of Tyrian or Cinder, when he and Emerald are both outright called "two children tricked into following Cinder", something they not only look concerned about but is never actually denied by Cinder.