"Hah! No, I wasn't a villain, I was a fucking goon at best. Mercenary, kept some bad company. Murder for hire, burning villages, looting widows' houses, y'know. Scumbag shit. The necromancy was a step up if you can believe it."

You were a villain too...ominous, and yet River doesn't feel like this dog is malicious. Scared, maybe.

"But," River continues, offhand like, "I did get taught by an ancient ghost who made a pretty good run at conquering the world. Well. The known world anyway, his map was missing some places back then."