Christina Asp once told an undercover officer investigating her for murder that she didn't know why the government has such harsh punishments for killing, calling it a "natural instinct,” the officer testified Thursday.

Asp is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Gordon Seybold, whose body was found in the burned remains of his Ibex Valley cabin in March 2008.

The officer, who cannot be identified, was on the stand for a second day to continue telling how a group of undercover officers duped Asp into believing she was part of an elite crime organization, led by a powerful, all-knowing female crime boss.

The operation began in February 2009 and continued until Asp and her boyfriend, Norman Larue, were arrested in Strathmore, Alta. six months later.

Larue is scheduled to go on trial for murder later this year.

The officer told the Yukon Supreme Court jury of 12 women and two men about many road trips she and Asp took together for work, sometimes with other members of the mock-gang.

The officer, who would eventually become Asp's closest confidante in the group, was posing as a low-ranking member who had shot and killed someone, but had another member take the fall.

It was during a trip from Lethbridge, Alta. to the Calgary airport when Asp made the comment about punishments, the officer said.

She described how, days earlier, Asp had squealed and jumped up and down when she saw the cache of handguns she believed she was going to help smuggle across the American border.

During that scenario, Asp acted as a lookout while the fake guns were passed from one vehicle to another.

Police asked repeatedly if she was OK with what was happening but at no point during the day did she show any signs of discomfort, the officer said.

For her help, Asp was paid $300 and had her hotel room upgraded to a Jacuzzi suite to congratulate her for completing her first job.

As their relationship developed, Asp began revealing more details to the officer about what she said happened to Seybold.

The undercover officer's testimony has been based on a combination of notes and secretly-recorded conversations.

Asp initially said she went to Seybold's property to act as lookout while Larue killed the man, the officer testified,

Later, she is recorded telling officers Seybold nearly got the best of Larue in a fight but she beat him up.

She tells the officer she didn't think they were going to kill Seybold.

Asp said it was her mother who asked Larue to do it, because Seybold had hurt her, the officer testified.

Asp's mother, Jessie, was initially arrested for conspiracy in connection with the case but never charged, the court has heard.

Asp tells the undercover officer she believes police are investigating someone else.

"For right now they are not at my door,” she says in the conversation recorded in a Red Deer parking lot. "I think they are focusing on one person.”

Asp tells her friend that the night of Seybold's death, "I didn't care going out and I didn't care coming back in.”

It was her boyfriend who was most concerned, and she repeatedly had to tell him not to think about it, she said.

Asp said the pair called a lawyer while they were on the run before being arrested weeks after Seybold's death for parole violations.

"Lawyers are much smarter than cops,” the undercover officer jokes on the recording.

Asp would later discuss her story with other undercover officers, posing as higher-ranking members of the gang who could help her cover up any problems, the court heard.

In the days that followed the Red Deer conversation, Asp would get her first glimpse of the crime boss.

Police staged a dinner at a luxury Edmonton restaurant. Asp spent hours getting ready and was wearing a new dress she had bought, the officer said.

The petite boss, flanked by two 250-lb. bodyguards, entered the restaurant and acknowledged those posing as high-ranking members of the gang, the officer testified.

This was meant to solidify the organization's hierarchy, the officer testified.

Within 24 hours of that sighting, Asp was in the boss' two-storey Edmonton penthouse.

The jury has already seen a video of that meeting where Asp tells the undercover officer about hitting Seybold three times in the head with a bat while the man fought with Larue.

That day, Asp was instructed to take members of the gang to the Yukon so they could help clean up the crime, the court heard.

They arrived in the territory on March 2 — Asp's birthday.

The officer will continue her testimony on Monday, when the trial resumes.

The proceedings, being heard in front of Justice Leigh Gower, are expected to continue until June.