[There's an obvious pause, hesitation. The silence stretches on for longer than he'd like.]

Do you remember telling me of when you discovered you were the Hierophant? How those around you grew ill when you threw a tantrum, nearly dying because of powers you didn't yet understand?

[Of course she does, he tells himself. What a foolish question, though one giving him some space from the next.]

What... what would you have done, had you killed them?