Line #36 Literature/JohnRain


1	A series of novels by author and former CIA employee Barry Eisler. Deals with HitmanWithAHeart John Rain, who specializes in [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident killing in such a way that it looks like an accident or natural causes]]. Rain's years of training in the Special Forces, CIA, and as an assassin for hire manifest themselves in a deep-seated paranoia and an inability to trust anyone, which complicates his personal relationships.
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3	The novel ''Rain Fall'' was made into a 2009 movie, starring Kippei Shina and Gary Oldman.
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5	A TV series based on the novels is currently in development, with Creator/KeanuReeves onboard to star in and Executive Produce, alongside [[Film/JohnWick Chad Stahelski and David Leitch]].
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8	!!Tropes featured in this work include:
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10	* TenMinuteRetirement: Rain keeps flirting with the idea of retiring, but never goes through with it due to circumstances or the belief that he can't give up the life.
11	* ActionFilmQuietDramaScene: A literary version. While there are some nasty fight scenes which often leave Rain's opponent dead, or severely handicapped for life, there are scenes where Rain is just walking through the night streets of Tokyo (or wherever he might be) and reminiscing about his childhood days, the friends he has lost, the psychological trauma of violence, etc.
12	* ActionGirl:
13	** Delilah. Thanks to her Mossad training, she's a skilled gunfighter and very competent in a fistfight. She might not be able to go toe-to-toe with Rain or Dox, but any run-of-the-mill mooks in her way are easily dealt with in short order.
14	** In later books, Livia Lone is another shining example. Despite just being a Seattle cop, she easily keeps pace with a crew of world-class assassins in both combat shooting and hand-to-hand combat. She's one of the very few grapplers in the series on par with ''Rain himself.''
15	* AllOfTheOtherReindeer:
16	** Delilah's job with Mossad is to [[HoneyTrap seduce targets to get information]]. She's routinely despised by her colleagues for her methods, although they have no problem using the intelligence she provides.
17	** Similarly, although Dox was respected in the [[SemperFi Marines]] for his sniper skills, he was shunned because he didn't fit the ColdSniper stereotype.
18	** Rain himself; when growing up in Japan and the United States he was bullied for his foreign blood. This only increased his sense of isolation from society.
19	* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Delilah does this during an argument with Rain in ''The Killer Ascendant''. It's just as well, as Rain was just about to walk out on her (she'd called in a colleague from Mossad against his wishes, which Rain viewed as betrayal of his trust). Rain is noticeably thrown by the LoveConfession, comes to his senses and accepts the help of her colleague.
20	* ArmouredClosetGay: Larson is prepared to kill the other members of his team rather than have them find out he's homosexual, even though none of them particularly care.
21	* ArtisticLicenseMartialArts: Averted. The martial arts represented are realistic, brutal and efficient.
22	* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: InUniverse when Rain tries to mislead a couple of Yakuza thugs as to his identity by speaking Chinese. Unfortunately the only Chinese he knows is [[spoiler:''Wau ai ni'' which translates to ''I love you''.]]
23	* AssassinsAreAlwaysBetrayed:
24	** In ''A Clean Kill In Tokyo'', Rain discovers that [[spoiler:he's been working all along for his CIA nemesis from UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar.]]
25	** In ''Extremis'', [[spoiler:Rain goes to great lengths to protect Midori, who ends up betraying him to the Yakuza in the belief that he'll always be a threat to their son.]]
26	** In ''Requiem for an Assassin'', Dox is kidnapped to force Rain to do three hits. Rain doesn't have to be told that one of the hits will be a trap, to ensure he won't survive to take revenge.
27	** In ''The Detachment'', [[spoiler:Horton hires Rain, Dox, Treven and Larison to forestall TheCoup which he claims is being plotted by senior American officials. As with Hilger, the third 'target' is a set-up, Horton is manipulating everyone and intends to LeaveNoWitnesses.]]
28	* AsYouKnow: Justified by having Rain being ProperlyParanoid, so he keeps explaining things to his co-workers (much to their annoyance) to ensure that they are all thinking on the same page or understand the need for his security precautions.
29	* TheAtoner:
30	** Tatsu tries to play on this to recruit Rain for his own plans, but Rain is too cynical to really take it on board.
31	** In ''Redemption Games'', Rain hesitates to kill a target on seeing he has a son [[CommonalityConnection the same age as himself when he lost his own father]]. He eventually kills the man, but gives all the money from that contract to their family, pretending the target left it for them in his will.
32	* AuthorAppeal:
33	** Like John Rain, author Barry Eisler is an accomplished martial artist; likewise, Rain's workout routine (described in depth in the books) is based on Eisler's own.
34	** After working for a short time at the CIA Directorate Of Operations, Eisler became a lawyer and lived in Japan for several years. Hence the lovingly described Tokyo settings and Japanese cultural practices.
35	* BadassCrew:
36	** In ''The Detachment'', you have John Rain, Dox, Ben Treven and Daniel Larison. Seriously, you would be scared shitless if even ''one'' of them came after you. When all '''four''' come after you, [[OhCrap oh boy.]]
37	** Also applies to the main PowerTrio of Dox, Delilah, and Rain as well. Each of them are highly skilled operatives, and are almost unstoppable when working together.
38	* BadassIsraeli: Mossad agent and Rain's sometime lover Delilah, as well as other members of her team like Gil and Boaz.
39	* BavarianFireDrill: On seeing the spotter for a hit squad sent to kill him, Rain walks up to the man and tells him there's been a mistake -- he's not the man they've been sent to kill and his friends are waiting for them at the hotel to discuss the matter (actually Rain has just killed them). The man is so confused he walks along with Rain until he's in an area with no witnesses where Rain can kill him too.
40	* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Part of the reason Dox turns down a contract to kill Rain is because the latter treated him with respect at a time when he was still unproven among the other mercenaries in Afghanistan.
41	* BewareTheNiceOnes: Dox is constantly the friendliest and most chipper person around, while also being an extremely skilled sniper and formidable hand-to-hand combatant.
42	* BladeEnthusiast: Both Dox and Rain in later books, with Eisler providing [[GunPorn loving descriptions of the high-quality blades they use]]. When possible, Rain favors a Benchmade folder, while Dox is particularly fond of a Fred Perrin Le Griffe he picked up a few books in. Rain's interest in knives is largely pragmatic; as a frequent international traveler, knives are easy to obtain when he gets to a new location, easy to conceal, and just as deadly as a firearm in close quarters while being much more quiet and discreet. Also, he's had a couple close calls with knife-wielding opponents when he was unarmed and would much rather have an even playing field.
43	* BoisterousBruiser: Dox is a huge, very friendly man who LOVES a good fight.
44	* BrokenPedestal: Midori, in a big way for Rain.
45	* BusFullOfInnocents: In ''The Detachment'' a terrorist massacre at a school is planned to rouse public anger for a DayOfTheJackboot conspiracy.
46	* ChivalrousPervert: Dox will hit on any attractive woman he meets, but he's generally respectful and doesn't overstep the bounds of decency.
47	* CoolOldGuy: In the later novels, Rain is at least 70, but still a suave, massively badass assassin with fine tastes in whiskey and jazz.
48	* CombatPragmatist: To say Rain is a brutal fighter is an understatement.
49	* ContractOnTheHitman:
50	** In ''Redemption Games'' Rain and Dox find themselves on Mossad's hit list after they bungle an assignment, apparently killing two CIA agents in the process.
51	** In ''The Killer Ascendant'', Hilger kidnaps Dox and uses him as leverage to force Rain to kill three people. Rain quickly works out that the last target is nonexistent. Rain himself is the intended victim, as Hilger has no intention of having [[TheDreaded Rain]] come after him once the job is done.
52	** In ''The Detachment'', our anti-heroes find themselves on the Presidential hit list, blamed for a series of terrorist acts they were actually trying to stop.
53	* TheCracker: Rain's departed friend, Harry.
54	* CulturedBadass: In addition to being a deadly assassin, Rain is also a connoisseur of Jazz music and single malt whiskey.
55	* DeadlyDelivery: Rain has used this on a couple of occasions.
56	* DisproportionateRetribution: After Rain breaks up with Delilah, he runs across a loud-mouthed JerkAss who annoyed him earlier and [[PercussiveTherapy shoves the man's mobile phone between his teeth]], proving that you can [[LiteralMetaphor fit a square peg in a round hole]] if you shove hard enough.
57	* TheDreaded: Rain is this to what few adversaries of his who manage to stay alive, with [[spoiler: Yamaoto]] scared shitless of him and still taking precautions against him ''years'' after they cross paths.
58	* EasilyForgiven:
59	** Rain has killed people working for the CIA and Tatsu. That doesn't stop either party from wanting to employ his services, because his skills are in short supply.
60	** Rain discovers Delilah sabotaged his relationship with Midori, but decides to forgive her after a WhatTheHellHero speech from Dox, and the realisation that Delilah genuinely regrets her actions.
61	* ElitesAreMoreGlamorous: Most major characters come from some form of special operations background. Rain was a CIA MAC-V SOG operative, Dox was a Recon Marine, Delilah was Mossad, Treven was an Army Ranger, and Larison was a Delta Force Commando. Even villains such as Jim Hilger as former special forces. The only character this doesn't apply to is Livia Lone, who is ostensibly just a cop (though is ''far'' more capable than one would expect.)
62	* FightClubbing: In ''Hard Rain'', a Yakuza boss runs the occasional DeadlyGame using members of a dojo he's running, but Rain points out that he'd barely break even on the gambling money, when set against the large prize money awarded to the winners. Tatsu suggests that the actual goal is either to desensitize the fighters to killing so they can be recruited as assassins, or so the boss has a pool of muscle he can draw upon if Japan falls into political turmoil.
63	* FirstPersonPerspective: The books are mainly told from Rain's POV, but later novels have chapters from the third person viewpoint of other characters.
64	* FourTemperamentEnsemble: In the titular novel, the ''Detachment'' fits very well into this:
65	** Rain: Melancholic.
66	** Dox: Sanguine.
67	** Larison: Choleric.
68	** Treven: Phlegmatic.
69	* FriendToAllChildren: Dox is good with people in general, but ''especially'' with kids, something Rain admits he envies.
70	* FriendOnTheForce: Kanezaki, a low ranking CIA officer who rises to become chief of Tokyo station and Tatsuhiko, former director of Keisatsucho who still has great influence within Japanese law enforcement.
71	* FriendlySniper: Former Marine sniper Dox. Dox is actually short for "Unorthodox," a nickname he received for not fitting the ColdSniper stereoptype. Interestingly though, when he does get behind the scope, he totally becomes [[ColdSniper more focused and cold]].
72	* GeniusBruiser: Rain. Unlike most fictional assassins who normally resort to shooting their targets, he prefers to strategically sabotage the environment around his victims in order to leave no trace of human involvement. He's also a near unstoppable martial artist, and a connoisseur of Tokyo's Jazz scene.
73	* GotMeDoingIt: Rain occasionally grumbles that some of Dox's mannerisms are wearing off on him.
74	* HeroicBSOD: In ''Redemption Games'', Rain freezes up when he's about to kill a man with a son the same age Rain was when he was orphaned.
75	* HiddenDepths: In later books, the sociopathic killer Larison is revealed to be a huge Tolkein fan, lampshading it by admitting that there's a lot people don't know about him.
76	** Rain also sometimes notes that Dox is far more well-versed in South Asian culture than one might expect, due to living and operating in areas such as Thailand and the Philippines for decades.
77	* HitmanWithAHeart:
78	** Two of Rain's rules are "no women, no children," and "[[NeverHurtAnInnocent principal targets only]]" (no hits on family members/etc. to send a message).
79	** Also applies for many of his associates, such as Dox and Delilah. They might be killers for hire, but they're still human and generally try to do the right thing.
80	* HoneyTrap
81	** Delilah is a FemmeFataleSpy for the Mossad.
82	** Rain realises something is seriously wrong when [[NoSocialSkills Harry]] hitches up with a beautiful hostess at an expensive nightclub. [[spoiler:Harry refuses to listen to Rain's warning, and is murdered when she lures him up onto a roof where his death by suicide can be faked.]]
83	** In ''Redemption Games'', [[NotSoAboveItAll Rain gleefully mocks Dox]] when he almost takes a [[DudeLooksLikeALady Thai ladyboy]] back to his hotel. Rain realises almost too late that [s]he was separating them for a kidnapping team, the idea being that if the notoriously paranoid Rain suspected something was off-key, he'd just assume his GutFeeling was [[InfractionDistraction reacting to her actually being a man]].
84	** An InvokedTrope when the team plant a hidden camera in the room of a target and accidently catch him having sex with an escort girl. Dox then rings the target up and pretends to using the girl for a badger game, so he can lure the target out of his room; ostensibly to pay the blackmail money but actually to be killed.
85	* IHaveYourWife
86	** In ''Requiem for an Assassin'', Hilger kidnaps Dox to force Rain to carry out several hits for him. Of course both sides know that Hilger can't afford to let either of them live, because they'd come after him for revenge.
87	** In ''The Detachment'', after discovering that Horton has betrayed them, our (anti)heroes kidnap his daughter and hold her for ransom. Because of the above incident, Dox is most uncomfortable with this.
88	* IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten: Hilger assassinates a US official to prove his bona fides as a RogueAgent to a terrorist group. Turns out he believes TheEndJustifiesTheMeans, and is actually trying to infiltrate the group.
89	* ImprovisedWeapon: A necessity in Japan where Rain finds it difficult to get hold of a firearm on short notice.
90	* InherentInTheSystem: Tatsu, Hilger and Horton find themselves up against this.
91	-->'''Hilger:''' People used to think 'broken' meant a system that can only respond to a crisis. But that's not broken. Broken is a system that can't even respond to a crisis.
92	* InLoveWithTheMark: Rain falls in love with Midori, the daughter of a man he's killed. Deconstructed in that [[spoiler: after she learns that he killed her father, she hates him for a long time, and eventually betrays him.]]
93	* IShallTauntYou: When Dox is held prisoner in ''The Killer Ascendant'', he keeps his morale up by taunting the one member of the professional team of mercenaries holding him who is easier to provoke, but Dox also does it in the hope of creating an opportunity to escape, knowing that the man would have to get him alone to get payback. [[spoiler:It very nearly backfires when his escape attempt fails and the man decides to castrate Dox on the spot, only for John Rain to pull a BigDamnHeroes.]]
94	* ItsPersonal:
95	** In ''Hard Rain'', Rain is asked to kill an EvilCounterpart hitman. He decides it's too risky and refuses the assignment, [[spoiler:until the hitman kills Harry. Rain even breaks his "no women" rule to kill a HoneyTrap who assisted in the murder.]]
96	** After the events of ''Redemption Games'' Hilger is eager for revenge on Rain and Dox in ''Requiem for an Assassin'', but later regrets this and feels he should have tried to recruit them instead. Unfortunately having kidnapped Dox and tortured him for Rain's contact number, Hilger knows it's too late for that to work.
97	* IWorkAlone: Averted; Rain would ''prefer'' to work alone, but it's just not practical or even safe. Mossad agent Boaz tells Rain that no-one works alone any more, and Rain is the only operator he knows [[TooDumbToLive who still insists on doing so]]. Even Dox wonders if their skills have become meaningless in an increasingly surveillance-heavy world, where the only way to keep working is when BigBrotherIsEmployingYou.
98	* JustAStupidAccent:
99	** Rain exaggerates his Japanese accent when working in the United States, knowing people will pigeonhole him as a harmless Japanese businessman.
100	** Rain does a DeadlyDelivery as a Korean restaurant worker, [[OhCrap only to find the receptionist can speak some of the language]] because her boyfriend is Korean. He just exaggerates his accent again -- after all, you don't have to ''be'' Korean to work for a Korean restaurant.
101	* LonerTurnedFriend: Rain with Dox, and earlier Harry with Rain.
102	* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: Rain's specialty is assassinations that look either like accidents or natural causes. For example, he stages a bike accident for a target who's an avid cyclist; he causes another target's pacemaker to fail.
103	* MamaBear: Midori. [[spoiler:Which backfires on Rain -- he fails to anticipate that Midori will betray him to protect their son.]]
104	* ManipulativeBastard: Tatsu, which Rain calls him on. Colonel Horton in ''The Detachment''.
105	* ManlyTears:
106	** Rain weeps on holding his son in his arms for the first [[spoiler:and last]] time.
107	** Dox cries in a release of tension after being rescued by Rain JustInTime after days of confinement and torture.
108	-->'''Dox:''' Oh why did it have to happen in front of you? Now you'll make fun of me for the rest of my life.
109	-->'''Rain:''' I'm going to tell all your girlfriends, too.
110	* MasterOfNone: Ben Treven. While he's a world-class gunfighter in his own right, he lacks a specialty when paired up with the rest of the Detachment. He does not have Rain's martial-arts skills, Dox's sniping, or Larison's pure bloodlust.
111	* MexicanStandoff: After realising [[AssassinsAreAlwaysBetrayed they've been betrayed]] in ''The Detachment'', a minute twitch by Trevan leads to everyone pointing guns at each other. Fortunately Dox is there to defuse the situation by putting his gun to his own head and quoting from ''Film/BlazingSaddles''.
112	* MotorMouth: Once Dox starts talking, it's ''very'' difficult to get him to stop, much to Rain's chagrin.
113	* MuggingTheMonster:
114	** Happens on occasion, with random thugs often finding out (in the last few seconds of their life) that Rain was ''not'' just another middle-aged salaryman.
115	** Also done in the Ben Treven novel "Inside Out", with a Florida P.I. being hired to track Larison. It takes a handful of corpses for the P.I. to realize he's outclassed and cut all ties.
116	* NeckSnap: Thanks to Rain's martial arts expertise, he uses this a lot for a CoupDeGrace.
117	* NeverBringAKnifeToAFistFight: Rain prefers to rely on his martial arts skill (knives are messy, after all) but a couple of near misses against knife-wielding opponents, and the realization that his skills are fading with age, causes Rain to start carrying a knife regularly.
118	* NeverHurtAnInnocent: Averted; Rain ''has'' killed people who aren't his principle targets or even soldiers working for them. In ''Extremis'' he has Dox snipe the valets outside a nightclub just because he can't afford to take the chance of them alerting someone inside, and he was rushing to protect Delilah at the time. Even the principle targets have sometimes done nothing wrong -- Midori's father was working to expose corruption, for instance. In ''The Killer Ascendant'', Rain has no trouble carrying out a contract on an innocent man that Hilger wants dead, if it saves Dox's life.
119	* NobleDemon: Rain is a ruthless assassin that has killed innocents in the past, but he ''does'' have a moral code and generally works to minimize collateral damage where he can. Especially in later books.
120	* NotSoDifferentRemark: Rain demands to know what the difference is between Hilger and Kanezaki. Kanezaki replies, "[[TheEndJustifiesTheMeans The ends]]" which are the [[MeaningfulEcho exact words Hilger used earlier]] to justify his actions.
121	* ObfuscatingStupidity: Rain notes that Dox tends to play up his "good ol' boy" image, hiding how perceptive and deadly he really is.
122	* OddFriendship: Rain and Dox.
123	* OnceAnEpisode: In nearly every book, a significant portion of a chapter will be focused on Rain (or his associates) shopping and picking up a variety of innocuous items. These items will then become a ChekhovsArmoury for the latest assassination.
124	* OriginsEpisode: "Graveyard Of Memories". Set in the 1970's, it centers around a young John Rain who takes part in the RealLife Lockheed bribery scandal, finds then loses his first love and becomes a fugitive from the CIA.
125	* OvershadowedByAwesome: Treven in ''The Detachment.'' While he's a top-notch gunfighter (with Larison's inner monologue mentioning that Treven had the best combat shooting skills of the crew), he felt out of place in the spycraft aspects of their mission, especially compared to Rain.
126	* PerfectCrime: Any assassin can kill someone; people come to Rain when they don't even want anyone to know that an assassination has taken place.
127	* PowerOfTrust: Invoked by Rain when he suspects (accurately) that Larison is planning to kill them and keep all the diamonds for himself. Knowing they aren't so different and aware of how his own viewpoint changed due to Dox's actions, [[KillMeNowOrForeverStayYourHand he hands Larison a silenced Glock]] and gives him the option of either leaving with his share of the diamonds, or accompanying them to stop a terrorist atrocity. Larison (who was expecting to get shot on the spot) is too stunned to say much, but does end up going with them, despite having refused earlier.
128	* ProperlyParanoid: The people John Rain works with get annoyed with his constant lecturing on security. Turns out a lot of it is justified.
129	* ProveIAmNotBluffing: When Rain first meets rookie CIA agent Kanezaki he breaks the neck of Kanezaki's bodyguard (after the bodyguard had already been immobilized) just to make it clear he really is a cold-blooded killer.
130	* RogueAgent:
131	** Biddle, the CIA station chief in ''Hard Rain'', is running an operation that's been officially shut down, and using Kanezaki as the FallGuy by arranging to frame ''him'' as a rogue.
132	** Tatsu is running his own CowboyCop operation to assist reformist elements of Japanese society. He tries to recruit Rain as his assassin, with limited success.
133	** Jim Hilger is a CIA agent running the deniable kind of rogue operation, who's eventually revealed to be a WellIntentionedExtremist and genuine rogue agent.
134	** Daniel Larison is an ISA operative who plans to blackmail the US government for a fortune in diamonds, by threatening to release video of prisoners being tortured.
135	** Colonel Horton's role is ambiguous -- is he trying to stop a DayOfTheJackboot like he claims, or is he one of the conspirators looking to advance his own interests?
136	* SceneryPorn: Eisler delights in describing the intricacies of whatever city the protagonists find themselves in, with particular interest for Tokyo and Paris.
137	* SlapSlapKiss: Rain's sexual encounters tend to be either this or GladToBeAliveSex.
138	* SlidingDownTheSlipperySlope: A DiscussedTrope in ''Hard Rain'' with various people being deliberately desensitized to killing, espionage or prostitution, in order to draw them into those worlds.
139	* TalkingToThemself: In ''The Killer Ascendant'', while smoking dope in a coffee bar in Rotterdam, Rain has a conversation with 'The Iceman', the cold-blooded killer part of his personality, who derides his belief that he can retire from his life as a ProfessionalKiller.
140	* ThatsWhatIWouldDo: Rain whenever TheHunterBecomesTheHunted.
141	* TookALevelInBadass: Rain notes that Kanezaki, initially an inexperienced CIA agent, rapidly improves in confidence and bargaining ability as time goes on.
142	* TookALevelInKindness: Rain and, in later books, Larison both exhibit this over time, mainly due to developing a network of people they can trust. They both blame it on Dox.
143	* TortureAlwaysWorks: DiscussedTrope in ''Requiem for an Assassin''. Hilger waterboards Dox for information on how to contact Rain. He points out that TortureIsIneffective if you're just fishing for information, as you've no idea what's true and what's being made up to make the pain stop. However for specific information that you can verify once you have it, it's very effective.
144	* TrueCompanions: While Rain is solitary in the first few books, the series has him develop a network of friends and associates who he can count on to have his back, and vice-versa.
145	* UnderestimatingBadassery: Rain is an average-sized, middle aged Asian man who doesn't look to be much of a threat. A veritable army of mercenaries, goons, and assassins have discovered to their own peril just how false that is. This is actually mentioned as one of Rain's distinct advantages; while others (such as Larison) radiate a dangerous demeanor, Rain does not, allowing him to quickly close in for the kill without alerting suspicion.
146	* {{Yellowface}}: Rain is half Japanese/half White-American, but has undergone plastic surgery and uses hair dye to appear full-blooded Japanese in order to stand out less when he's in Japan. Ironically, he usually goes by his American name, John Rain, in place of his given Japanese name, Junichi Fujiwara.
147	* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Part of Rain's standard operating procedure. After learning what he needs from the target of the day, he'll kill them to avoid any potential backlash.
148	* YouOweMe:
149	** There's a lot of bargaining of favours whenever Rain interacts with FriendOnTheForce characters.
150	** Dox throws away a bag containing five million dollars [[NoOneGetsLeftBehind to carry Rain to safety]]. Rain himself wouldn't do that, so he's willing to go to great lengths to protect Dox in payment.
151	* UndyingLoyalty: Despite being a sociopathic killer, Larison believes in this. After being bailed out by Rain, he makes it clear that he will kill anyone Rain askes him to.
152	* YouTalkTooMuch: TheStoic Rain is constantly exasperated by Dox's amiable discourse. At one point he even ends up RemovingTheEarpiece so he won't have to listen.
153	* WorldOfBadass: Given that the series focuses on clandestine operations and hired killers, it's no surprise that nearly every major character is some form of highly-trained law enforcement agent or special operations veteran.

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