The days ticked by with the tensions between the two groups slowly lowering. Xiang and Yang no longer went out of there way to by petty and… well the thieves under Ron didn't really change much. His subordinates seemed to calm down as the days went by, and nobody was complaining but they were… it felt so wrong to call thieves professionals… but they WERE.
On the job they made almost no noise, idle conversation was basically non-existent when they camped for the night. They followed what few orders Ron had for them without question and in a timely manner. Kat knew that many organisations would go to great lengths for such subordinates. Something to note though, was it certainly wasn't all fear.
What? He's a Xianxia protagonist. He needed his last minute bit of reflection and power gain before the big heist! A flashback was practically mandatory!