"Not when you are an assassin. I was sold to the Crows, the guild of assassins, when I was six years old. I fetched three sovereigns, which was a good price for how skinny I was. They taught me everything I know - history, art, music. They also taught me how to cripple someone, how to poison someone, how to kill. I am an assassin, and love is a weakness. Affection is an affliction that can keep me from executing my mission. It is not silly, in those terms." He sighed and leaned his head against 11-12's shoulder.