"It is surprising to see you invested enough in the demise of another being to personally dirty your hands," said Alexei as he leaned back. With a contemplative pause, he added, "Though, upon reflection, I suppose you had even more killing intent against me whence first we met."
"Threatening the farm and the old man took it a step too far, and I wasn't exactly feeling all that generous that time," said Li, recalling the vampires that had shown up to the cottage doorstep and how he had used his eldritch powers unregulated, whittling away at his sense of self.
"Quite unfortunate we met upon such circumstances."
"It's not unfortunate if, at the end, good came from it." Li waved the current conversation topic away and went back to Alexei's potential plan.
