Cormac mac Torloisk knew the risks when he took the job, and he had done his share of black ops cloak n' dagger wetwork operations. However this was by far the worst; the commander was an evil Sidhe who seemed as determined to get his own men killed as defeat the enemy, and this member of an elder race held an alcoholic wreck of a man on a literal leash who was yet a superlative physical operative and magic-user. Becoming convinced that this Hound deserved to be saved, Cormac determined that it was worth risking his life to do so; as this young man may, after all, have great expectations.