My farm boy Kaz headcannons (because we don’t talk enough about how at his core he is a farm boy and is bound to have tendencies and habits that linger):
He loves wide open spaces. He’ll tell you about how winding streets and towering buildings and tight alleys make for easier criminal acts and strategic getaways and how open fields are for fools and just leave you as a sitting duck. But despite this you’ll never find him more relaxed and at ease (imperceptible and subtle as it may be) in a wide open space where the sky stretches out above him and the horizon before him.
Speaking of horizons, he is ridiculously fond of sunrises and sunsets. He’ll “coincidentally” wind up at the docks or on a rooftop or somewhere he can view the horizon in the city during those times of day.
He’s averse to the stench of the city. Though he’s of course learned to hide it very well, you’d never know he had a problem with it until you witness him outside it. The first time Inej and Jesper venture outside the city with him they’re surprised to see how he takes a deep breath of the country air and almost immediately and imperceptibly improves his mood and relaxes. He also loves the smell of stables.
He loves birdsong. At some point he takes on an incredibly risky mission and though the pay was good, it’s not a coincidence that this person also happened to own a singing clockwork bird automaton that is missing after his visit.
He loves wind. If you brought it up to him he’d say that it’s good for making sure people don’t overhear you and for masking your footsteps, but in truth he loves the feeling of a breeze. There are always windows open at the Slat to create a cross breeze.
He’s very good with animals. For as much as he hates people and can’t stand touching them he is very affectionate with animals (though he tries to hide it) particularly large animals/farm animals naturally (big dogs, horses, cows, chickens, etc. see Crooked Kingdom chapter 2 when he indulges Smeet’s dogs in belly rubs) He’s charitable to them too, random bowls of water and table scraps can be found around the outside of the Slat and people know better than to call attention to it or question it.
In this vein he actually prefers riding a horse to sitting in a carriage and is very proficient in tacking up horses (to everyone’s surprise)
Like Jesper he has some of that hidden farm boy strength to him (see Six of Crows chapter 23) He’s stronger than people think both because of his leg and cane making people underestimate him but also because he has that farm boy build.
He can sew and mend surprisingly well
He of course knows farm terminology like the names of tools and pieces of equipment and stuff that no one would expect someone bred in the barrel to know
@polycrowtruther on my other post said Kaz spits and for no good reason, it's just a habit because when he was a kid he wanted to be like his dad (who chewed jurda) and I concur completely.
This may be a little unrealistic but I like to believe he has a little tiny bit of a country accent that he hides or that only comes out when he’s very tired or drunk
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