Hunting Monsters

[Keller]

He would keep the cigar in his hands, having gotten used to the smoky but sweet taste of it, it felt oddly calming. Normally he hated vices, but this was a vice for an occasion and not something he'd do often or out of impulse. A generous offer couldn't be disrespected. "It's.. strangely calming, the cigar I mean."

After she finished her next series of sentences, all of which he'd be patient with, waiting for her to finish before he fully contemplated her every word, making sure his words were clear before he said them, not wanting them to come out incorrectly given his current fatigue. "You aren't wrong, I believe very strongly in what I'm doing and why I'm doing it. It's all I have. And if anything, I've realized that it's important to stay true to your beliefs and to fight for them, not for people, but the reasons."

Completing his sentence with another puff of smoke, he was partially tempted to puff a ring like how Silver had done. But he decided against it because he would most likely look stupid trying and failing.

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"Knowing Humanity - We will be duty, bloody and unavoidable."