It is now very clear Varilik is the manipulator Ain has warned about. He's massaging all of Fenn's feel good buttons, getting him drunk, and offering his bed. The wedge is getting bigger in real time.
I am beginning to believe this unnatural detachment Fenn has with causing death is directly linked to his shadowforger powers. This lack of empathy is the true crux of shadowforger horror stories.
"Looks like he fell."
A brick seems solid, immutable, and impenetrable. But bricks can shatter and turn to dust. Clovis shattered Brick merely by responding to his violence. Brick is both history and erased.
Varilik's plan is becoming clear. He's slowly driving a wedge between Ain and Fenn. Ain has waited too late to reasonably inform Fenn of how manipulative and dishonest he can be.
As we've seen, to the powers that be Denton and the Cross are nothing more than replaceable tools. There may be some concern, but it won't bring down the whole house.
The Cross is done. Without the mortar of Dent, Brick is a brick.
Whenever a mobster gets old, bored, and wants to feel relevant, a new what happened to Jimmy Hoffa story pops up. So far he's somewhere between Michigan and the East Coast. As one missing persons expert said, he's a liquid. You can't find a liquid.