"Eventually," Terrence said with a little sigh. "Yes, everyone has to do that at some point."
He didn't really know what to say to the people he cared about who were upset over the death of the servant, not when he'd killed two himself, and tortured quite a few more. He didn't feel remorse for it, they had just been lessons he'd had to learn. And yet, he was protective of A, and of Z; he would have killed for either of them, and done quite a bit to make sure they didn't have to do anything they wanted to.
Thoughtfully, he took a bite and chewed. "You don't really know until you're in that situation what you're capable of, A."