Humane's kind of my watch word these days. I gave up the whole mass murder thing a few years ago and you know how it is with temptation. Gotta avoid it in case you fall off the wagon.

[ He says it with breezy nonchalance, like it's not something that he has issues with. Or nightmares about. Acknowledging it makes it real, though, and trivializing it takes some of the power away. At least in the light of day. ]

The trouble's finding another reality to shuffle them off to. A world full of dinosaurs or carnivorous marshmallows won't really fit the bill.