"It probably won't do any good," Even agreed, "but if his room is locked and he cleans up after himself here, if it turns out that his room has been broken into, he will be aware of who to take it out on."

Nobody had bothered with Kadaj's room prior to his return, so Even didn't see why anybody other than Professor Hojo would bother now. Nobody else had an interest in him and, short of somebody staging a break-in to frame Hojo, it was hardly going to be anybody else.

"Regardless, I'm sure Kadaj has reached the age of majority," he pointed out. "Surely that counts for something, even in Khamja. He is a full member, from what I have heard, and wasn't brought in as Hojo's subordinate, so I don't see how he can have any claim to him."

Even was, of course, only a new recruit, but he was bound to look logically at the situation.