"Now, that I understand." He gives the man a gentle smile. He really does know. He had gone against everything his family had expected of him when he had joined the Silver Court. He had chosen the person he wanted to be, regardless of what it had meant for him. "It can be hard to be true to yourself when there are so many pressures."

"But, I think maybe you already have your answer. You eat if you have to eat. If that means you have to go out and hunt for those that shouldn't live another day, then that's what you have to do. It doesn't make you wrong or evil. And if you must feed from the thralls, then you need to do whatever you need to to make things as good as you can for them. That's what I do. I not only am nurse for the students here. I make sure the thralls are as healthy and comfortable as I can for what I sometimes must take from them. You can do the same. Find what you can do, to make it right by you."