i think the thing ab both komārk and jaing and like one of the reasons they get along so well is that they both take everything deadly serious even when pretending they donāt is part of their respective āacts.ā and of course that thereās an element of sadism in both of them.
so like. for a deep contrast to how they are, look at mereel. who takes everything to heart, but doesnāt necessarily take it seriously, and thatās because unless it has to do with kal or corrās opinion of him heās decided not to. heās often decided that having fun is more important in the moment. and that's how he stimulates himself and finds distraction and self-occupation.
on the other hand a character a lot more like jaing and kom'rk who takes everything deadly serious is ordo. he finds self-occupation in his duties. but unlike them 1) ordo barely, if at all, has the capacity to pretend like he isn't taking everything seriously at all times. whereas komārk very much can blend into a jovial group when he wants and jaing often plays up the erratic insanity card. and 2) ordo cares about ethics insofar as he cares about āis this what kal would want from meā and āis this what im supposed to doā and āis this serving my purpose.ā and those arenāt necessarily questions either komārk or jaing are asking when theyāre making decisions. itās usually more like āis this going to make executing our mission more efficientā and āis this going to alleviate my crushing boredom for five seconds."
to be clear they're both really good and well trained at long-haul buckle-down surveillance jobs. but they are also increasingly dangerous the longer they've been sitting still/unoccupied. and kal is aware of this so he's always giving them side quests because he knows otherwise they will Find Their Own. and it won't be something harmless like clubbing like mereel does. they're going to uncover some kind of trafficking ring and start impaling perpetrators' limbs on fenceposts and ruining lives and shit
