The hold-up-- [Qilby manages a smile, but it's strained around the corners--] is that people cannot control themselves.

[Frankly, Qilby's finding it harder to control himself. He could kick himself for not extracting more out of Otoha - not taking his sword and asking all the questions he could. Something in him just told him to get it over with, shoot him and be done, and have him out of the way. Something in him liked how bloody it was.]

[That's a little scary, admittedly.]

[He gets up and dusts off the back of his pants.] As we agreed, and surely you've known, others' hearts are not the friendliest of places. It's even less so when you're given weapons and a hierarchy.