[Shiro focuses on him like as if he's staring at him through the view screen of a ship. It's like a switch, one moment he's thoughtful and the next he's utterly serious.]

It's more than likely that has happened in the past. There's a lot of paperwork to limit and influence someone picking up an asterisk. But they can't stop someone from going down a bad path.

There are probably plans and strategies among the guild leaders and those below their rank to deal with anyone who uses a job for ill. And among us we can come up with plans of our own should that come up in our stay here.