"With him, keeping him alive. And great sex," he starts, but doesn't stop there. "He had a debilitating power, and it needed pain to cloud its effects. I helped with that. But he, ah, didn't like the harder stuff." He ends it with a shrug, as if it were no big deal. In truth, it was in no way an outlet for his violence, but he liked the guy. He liked him a lot, and that made it gratifying.

"Most people don't like my harder stuff!" He laughs at his own joke, He always laughs at his terrible jokes.