The Bounty Hunter works beyond the comfortable reach of courts and uniforms. Roads, ports, frightened witnesses and whispered information are his territory. He has little interest in kings or rebellions; a contract is a contract, and skill is worth more to him than ideology.
Hunting down the Castaway’s companion is simply another job — until it becomes clear that this one belongs to a conflict far larger than the price attached to it. He completes the capture because that is what he was paid to do. But professionalism also tells him when to leave. Gold may buy his blade; it does not buy his loyalty to a dying cause.
Related perspectives:
Fury and No Victory! place the same capture inside the larger political struggle, showing what the Bounty Hunter treats as business becoming a weapon in the king’s attempt to control the Castaway.