Humane. She had to laugh at that. And that would be the difference between us, wouldn't it?
"And you would know, wouldn't you?" She patted his cheek, the gesture just a little too emphatic to be merely teasing, and brushed her thumb across his lips. She had a vague notion or two of where he might be going with this, but decided to play along for the time being.
"Well, let's see." She ran her hand through her hair. "Intent might remain the same. It's the methodology that would be different. Torment them with their own weaknesses, perhaps. Expose those vulnerabilities and little self-deceptions for what they are. Turn them on themselves. It's a subtler form of torture, don't you think?" Oh, that came out just a little too casually, didn't it?
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"And you would know, wouldn't you?" She patted his cheek, the gesture just a little too emphatic to be merely teasing, and brushed her thumb across his lips. She had a vague notion or two of where he might be going with this, but decided to play along for the time being.
"Well, let's see." She ran her hand through her hair. "Intent might remain the same. It's the methodology that would be different. Torment them with their own weaknesses, perhaps. Expose those vulnerabilities and little self-deceptions for what they are. Turn them on themselves. It's a subtler form of torture, don't you think?" Oh, that came out just a little too casually, didn't it?