“It’s bizarre to hear a serial killer so in awe of life.” River frowned. “Killing is a part of life. Everyone does it on some level. Maybe not to other humans, but anyone who eats meat is contributing to a whole industry that slaughters animals. Vegetarians eat dead plants. Most things are alive at the expense of some other organism, whether that’s a bacterium or a cow. Life needs death to thrive. I’m just…” He waved a hand. “Another cog in the machine. A corrective action the universe sometimes makes to right wrongs.”
