Please don't take all the blame. That's not fair. I did a lot of panicking after what happened on the network, back then. I tried to take the blame for what you all did, because of how I felt after killing those men, and because it's easier for me to do that kind of thing...to protect people.

[What a time to own your self-sacrificing habits, when you're sprawled partly on your prior-to-this-point estranged boyfriend's lap, while he's a massive vampire bat covered in bristly fur that doesn't quite match up with how velvety soft his ears are.

But he is owning it.]

I wouldn't change it. And I want you to know--what happened leading up to what we did back then...I would have found my way on that path anyway. The humans here...they're very good at hurting themselves. They don't need us to do it...but here we are, all the same.

That CEO deserved what he got. I'd kill him over and over just to protect those who can't protect themselves. Monsters could have really been hurt...and as for humans, they're just eating one another, in some form. We're helping it along, is all.

[He draws in a long breath that sounds almost painful...then sighs it out.]

Sorry, that's not quite on subject, is it? But I had a lot of time to think. Nephilim don't sleep, so...I needed to occupy my mind.