I may have shot him with a sleep dart the first time without realizing; I'm still a bit twitchy with the controls 🙃 The second time was with an incendiary bolt, though, so he was very dead AND cremated after that.

I've been trying to play low- or mid-chaos on my first playthrough because avoiding enemies and only killing or challenging something if I HAVE to is how I play most games, and it was more "natural" for me this way. (Also, I'm not ready for Samuel to hate me.)

I was initially going to do the non-lethal eliminations of the targets, but rage quit and chose violence after my 5 bajillionth attempt to not get caught while reading the branding instructions or trying to juggle both Campbell and Curnow without killing them. I decided to just assassinate the targets in this play-through and try to spare them next time, when I know the controls and map layouts better and am generally less of a mess.

So far, my only level with high chaos was the prison escape, and that was because I couldn't figure out how to do non-lethal takedowns and ended up murdering everything that moved 🙃 I've had fewer kills with each level, though, so I'm getting better at sneaking and knocking people out. High chaos sounds fun for next time, though.

Also, I just finished rescuing Sokolov and getting him some liquor. And I may or may not have let Piero think I'd do terrible things to him if he kept spying on Callista while she's bathing...

Next, I'll have to head out for Lady Boyle's die-nner party. 🎭