You're not going to like hearing this. But if this does ever happen to me, don't hesitate to cut me down. My mind is my best asset, and the idea of it out of my control being used to hurt others -- it's an unappealing thought.

[ He's making light of it, as he always does. But he's dead serious. He's seen too many people deformed by their lust for the Relics back home, the way that they're twisted and deformed, barely a person left inside at all anymore. He feels no guilt for cutting them down, knowing damn well that he's doing them a favour.

But it's always terrified him. It's the one thing he can't bargain his way out of. Once you're gone, you're gone. The only thing that's left is death and destruction. ]