" Killing doesn’t come easy to most people,” Orka said. “Even if they tell you
it does. Oh, the ones that brag about it, like Guðvarr, they can kill easy enough,
if someone is holding their enemy down for them. But in a fight…” She
shrugged. “When it comes to it, most people care more about staying alive. They
hesitate.”
“And you don’t?” Mord asked.
“Killing’s always come easy to me,” Orka said. She sniffed. “Not something
I’m proud of, but there it is. And I don’t hesitate. "

― John Gwynne , The Shadow of the Gods (The Bloodsworn Saga, #1)