on the bright side at least there are npcs in the bazaar who canonically worry that vaans okay so theyd keep the heat off him (a woman near the stairs who expresses worry about vaan and how hes coping with reks’ death, an npc labeled reks friend near the back who tells vaan to be careful, and a shady seeq who knows about vaans thieving and advises him to wait until the consuls parade is done, and later congrats vaan on being a hunter)