"... Hmmm... there is a corrupt priestess who is running a cult. I need a few of their members assassinated. Not herself because, to be honest, I am not sure if she is alive in the way the both of us are"

He got what seemed an ornate dagger

"Here is half my payment, damascus steel, consecrated by some demon of Shadow Isle. Useful for dealing with the kind of creatures /I/ deal with"