08-17-2014, 03:01 PM
Pyotr's response didn't indicate anything of significance. So Jensen fell quiet again and reconsidered his options. Particularly while the other man was absorbed in listening to the breaking news update. Jensen knew very little about the criminal known as the Butcher. His nickname alone was enough to make him sick to his stomach, and as a result, when their plates of food were delivered, he pushed his potatoes around without more than a couple of nibbles.
He gestured at the news screen as the story concluded. "On one hand, I am always astounded that humans are capable of such horrible deeds. Yet at the same time, we are a race fallen from glory. I wonder about this man known as the Butcher, about his story. He was a child once, innocent presumably. What dark and monstrous things crossed his path to lead him into such acts of depravity...?"
The question was rhetorical only. Perhaps the man deserved to be called a sicko, but then again, didn't they all?
There was hope, however. It was a flickering candle in a sea of pitch black, but Jensen focused on that light until his soul blazed with it. The Gift raged through him like a storm, but outwardly, he reacted little but to breathe more deeply and school his features to soothed relief.
Would Pyotr notice the change in atmosphere? Could he attribute it to Jensen?
He gestured at the news screen as the story concluded. "On one hand, I am always astounded that humans are capable of such horrible deeds. Yet at the same time, we are a race fallen from glory. I wonder about this man known as the Butcher, about his story. He was a child once, innocent presumably. What dark and monstrous things crossed his path to lead him into such acts of depravity...?"
The question was rhetorical only. Perhaps the man deserved to be called a sicko, but then again, didn't they all?
There was hope, however. It was a flickering candle in a sea of pitch black, but Jensen focused on that light until his soul blazed with it. The Gift raged through him like a storm, but outwardly, he reacted little but to breathe more deeply and school his features to soothed relief.
Would Pyotr notice the change in atmosphere? Could he attribute it to Jensen?