"Overseer Campbell's journal, which I had been tasked to take, contained blackmail information that the Loyalists needed. It also told them where Emily was being held. The twins owned a pleasure house - the Golden Cat. She was inside. Their youngest brother, also a Loyalist, needed their votes in Parliament, so they needed to be taken care of."
He leans forward on the table again, linking his fingers. "I - met with Slackjaw. Leader of a gang in Dunwall. He said he could take care of them for me if I did him a favor. He wouldn't kill them. I didn't want to risk Emily by shedding unnecessary blood in the Cat, so I did it."
Re: Post-breach
"Overseer Campbell's journal, which I had been tasked to take, contained blackmail information that the Loyalists needed. It also told them where Emily was being held. The twins owned a pleasure house - the Golden Cat. She was inside. Their youngest brother, also a Loyalist, needed their votes in Parliament, so they needed to be taken care of."
He leans forward on the table again, linking his fingers. "I - met with Slackjaw. Leader of a gang in Dunwall. He said he could take care of them for me if I did him a favor. He wouldn't kill them. I didn't want to risk Emily by shedding unnecessary blood in the Cat, so I did it."