Generally, that is true. However, in this case, Luma is not the kind of person to have any regrets about killing. In fact, he is the sort of person who would never be able to rest until he knew the man who hurt Bridge was dead. There is so much back story to this book that I never wrote into it I'm not sure if sometimes I rely on it too much and make it confusing for readers. As a tantalizing extra just for you - almost all the characters in this book are being punished by hardship and torment in this life for things that happened in another life.