That's what I mean. The murderer—the to-be-murderer—must be an ally. At least, someone the... hirer—boss?—can trust.

[She takes a thinking pause, because, having thought of trust, she wonders what their task is.] We can't exactly go around testing "trust bonds" or whatever. We don't know why we were sent here, right? Could be we need to take care of some demonic presence....

I'll look into that part. [She doesn't have a Madou Lighter or a source of Madou flame on hand, but habits die hard.]