[ For a minute, he's quiet. He isn't angry, no—not even upset. Truth be told, he's been distant in large part because he's been trying to untangle what did happen. It's too simple to say that Nadine made him do anything. ]

I've had my mind taken over before. It isn't the same. [ Not for him, at least. ] When you called for me—I didn't kill them because you told me to. I did it because...I felt you needed me to protect you.

[ Felt it so strongly he didn't think twice about what had to be done. Does he regret it? Not exactly. If they'd been better armed, chances are he'd have cut them down, too. But perhaps there is something to be said about how his fiercest instinct to protect and his instinct to kill are so closely intertwined.

He supposes he's always known that about himself.

In any case— ]

You didn't bring out anything that wasn't already there.