On some primal level, Avery wanted to dispute Liesel's father. To not accept that he had been wrong in any way.
However, he knew that taking Cerise's request would be dangerous. Initially he had refused. Until she offered him an absurd amount of money that had swayed him.
Still, looking back on everything, parts of the operation had ended up far more perilous than expected.
People had ended up dying. His people.
If one were to compare the numbers, the losses of Avery's Company were monumentally less than the Odium Syndicate and Zatis Consortium.
He had only lost a few dozen people, while the criminal organization and their backers had lost many thousands. Either dead or captured.
Except, Avery did not like to look at his crew members as disposable pieces like some sort of game.
Sure, they had accomplished a great deal, basically crushing the Odium Syndicate and striking great blows again the Zatis Consortium. Also, there was a stupid amount of Krenin waiting for them.
