Heh. And I think I might like him better on a M!Trooper. I know he's just as much of an ass, either way, but wearing down his jerkiness to be comrades seems to have fewer unfortunate implications.

Of course, the fact that my trooper is one of my personality-less grouping characters could factor in to this as well. If I'd had a chance to give her a personality, maybe it would all play much better.

(And holy crap is Kaliyo all kinds of wrong as a romantic companion. O_o I mean, she's all kinds of wrong, period, but you'd have to be just as much a homicidal maniac to actually have a romance. Of course, sleeping with her as part of one's campaign to remain alive is rather messed up, too.)