Horizon Ridge a lannister always pays their debts

"no," she agreed, "he's not." but nor was he purely a monster, as would be so much easier to hate. she remembered still the birth of Maegi and her siblings, the death, and Vaati forcing the witch to feed the pups his uncle sought to kill. he loved them, she thought, or something resembling that, but she said nothing on the topic. things were complicated, painted in all shades of grey. 

Maegi seemed hung, then, on the name of her old companion. she assumed it was the oddness of the name, yet something prickled along her spine, wondering why exactly it was this detail the girl chose to focus on. Cassiopeia dipped her head, "It was the name he gave himself. His family had called him Titmouse - though last I'd seen him, many wanted him dead. I don't know if he still lives." His familiar name required a moment of thought, so firmly did she recognize him as Screech in her own memories.