You know, I've learned an awful lot about killing since I came 'ere. I always knew, on some level, in my blood and bones, what drives us to kill. We all do. Humans are a hunting animal, so am I. We're predators.
I've learned about the beauty and thrill in it, about the satisfaction of pulling off a surgical job exactly right. About the intimacy of it; about 'ow it can be an act of love. And I've learned why a person might choose it.
[She looks back at Mira, steady and constant.]
I don't mean for that as absolution. That's not mine to give. Say you find out, one day. Would you rather it'd been your choice? Or not?
[private/Mira]
I've learned about the beauty and thrill in it, about the satisfaction of pulling off a surgical job exactly right. About the intimacy of it; about 'ow it can be an act of love. And I've learned why a person might choose it.
[She looks back at Mira, steady and constant.]
I don't mean for that as absolution. That's not mine to give. Say you find out, one day. Would you rather it'd been your choice? Or not?