Na genuinely began to question the intelligence of the people running this event. They had already attempted this same tactic on Evon, someone far stronger, more dangerous, and clearly beyond their ability to control, and now they were trying the exact same approach on him. It made no sense. How had a gang that held such a prominent position in Nottingham Hill become so careless, so unaware, so incapable of reading the people they were dealing with?
After reflecting on it for a moment, Na settled on the most logical explanation: the individuals confronting him were simply lower-level members of the Black Hounds. They were not the leaders. They were not the decision-makers. They were the disposable workers, the ones who followed orders without thinking, the ones who never rose higher because they lacked the ability for critical judgment. With that in mind, it was no surprise they behaved recklessly, they were used to forcing outcomes through numbers rather than intelligence.
