It began on ir way back from a trading trip, when e noticed that another assassin had arrived. A flurry of exclamations follows, precipitating the clarification that before being marooned e had been confronted with the unfortunate necessity of dispatching assassins several times. You see, e was once... on the Dodgite Water Infrastructure Council.
This fails to elicit the appropriate astonishment. The maroon explains that it's a very famous incident where e's from. Suffice it to say that the presence of another assassin was not entirely unexpected, but e had never dreamed that one of the many mercenaries after ir life would be involved with this game.