Kenji kept his eyes on Maria's as she fondled his weapon--he had no interest in her in that manner, not after seeing what she was capable of and knowing that she still had the potential to be a threat to him and the other Hunters, if she was indeed manipulating them. When she pushed him away he stumbled back, given her supernatural strength, but still he calmly took in the information she presented.

[@KoL]"Yeah, that's right, isn't it--we're not [i]required[/i] to make the donations. The guy you call Sack-o-Bones just implied it would somehow make our lives here easier." he said, but now he was starting to think more to himself rather than speak to her directly. "So it's really just for us to turn in the kills and get money to make a living. But that begs another question--just what would the Absolute's priest want with the dismembered corpses of the Absolute's servants?" He turned and started walking away, as it was obvious Maria didn't have any more interest in conversing with him. He had just been speaking his thoughts aloud. He headed towards Highball now.

[i]...If the Hunters and the Absolute are in opposition...maybe this is how they recoup their losses. This place is straight out of the darkest kinds of fantasy. It would not surprise me at all to think that, through some kind of twisted magic or some such, creatures like the God Hand could be resurrected after death. Especially by a priest-class character. So maybe the reason he offers us money for the monster parts is because he then gets to Frankenstein them back together and send them back out. If that's the case, then in the end the Hunters could never accomplish anything worthwhile for this world. Every enemy they slay will simply return.

So now I want to know if there are other ways to make money off these beasts besides turning them in to the Church.[/i]

As he stopped in front of Highball, he gestured with his spear towards the town around them. 

[@Lugubrious]"If you're still interested in working together, I'm going to investigate around town before I head back to the Church." he told her. Seeing the head on the cobblestones at her feet, he wondered what was up with that--he hadn't seen her fight, but nor had he seen Maria toss it to her earlier. "If you're not gonna take that, I will."