"Yes, it is true. Nikolai helped make me what I am today. I met him in prison, where I was thrown to die for crimes against the Russian State, but mostly because they just wanted me dead and though the life in prison would finish me in horrible ways. They were wrong. I survived and thrived. I used sex and killing to stay ahead of death. I found that if I was willing to do whatever sort of sexual fantasy the other prisoners wanted, they would help me. Soon I was a messenger then a mule then an assassin. Then I met Niko. It was a perfect pairing. He taught me more than anyone else ever had. In his hands I became more then just someone who killed others. I became death itself and the rest of the prison knew me. Some tried to kill me, but all failed. You see, they were not strong enough in the Shadow. And they did not have the teachings of Niko. So I thrived where others died, often at my hands. I was his tool, his instrument of death. I could have lived that life for many more years but some jerk had to go start a riot that allowed us to escape."
