Assassin
Assassin noun - A person who kills another person.
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Cain and assassin are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Cain" with "Assassin", this nouns are similar.
Cain
Cain noun - (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man; Cain killed Abel out of jealousy and was exiled by God.
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For example, the amateur-ish assassin that gets sent after Cain in Duty Calls could have killed Cain if he'd just kept his mouth shut, as talking caused his psyker cloak to flicker.
Source: Literature / Ciaphas Cain - Assassin's Creed II has one glyph puzzle reveal that The Knights Templar descended from Cain, and that their symbol (the Templar Cross) was Cain's mark.
Source: The Descendants of Cain - In Sandy Mitchell's Ciaphas Cain novel Duty Calls, the inability of a psyker assassin to prevent this is what lets Cain survive long enough for Jurgen's return.
Source: Invisibility Flicker
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