Conflict of the way of the shadows

The intial conflict in the way of the shadows is Azoth stops paying his dues to Rat. Azoth  gets wiped because he xant pay his dues. Rat is also torturing a little mute girl that is friends with Azoth. Azoth is trying to stop this so he tries to get to be an apprentice for an assasian. Blint who is the best around shuts him down, but later seeeing Azoth in alley all sad he comfronts and says "you can be my apprentice if you can do this." he threw his shiv right into a rat and Azoth knew excatly what he meant.