"Now that's a load of bull if I ever heard one," Cain said, tone rife with cynicism. Those who were peaceful had everything to fear because the ones without peace were unpredictable. They didn't value the lives around them, nor the tenets that those other people held. How could anyone feel safe when surrounded by misery and violence?

He shook his head, hands coming up into a shrug. Whether he got into a fight or not wasn't the problem. "That always work for you? Put up a front, get left alone?"