Miss Gavial will be deeply disappointed, if we do not do this in a way that spares the life of the one we are examining. While I am always prepared for the death of those I utilize, I am only considering the price of ostracizing her from our group by swift method.

[ He likes Gavial. Not enough to stop him from doing this, but enough that he will make mention of how she will react. And naught more than that: the observation of the most likely response, as if he expects Akua to do the emotional heavy lifting. Bondrewd is not a man who simply turns off his humanity, or works in spite of it — his humanity is utterly gone. Scrapped. ]

— naturally, I will do so. This is the path to cure the Blight, after all.