"That was different. The man had to die, he wasn't... he wasn't innocent." Even the method did him a favour, by Viking standards. "It's the suffering of the innocent I've seen" - and caused, and failed to prevent - "too much."
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"That was different. The man had to die, he wasn't... he wasn't innocent." Even the method did him a favour, by Viking standards. "It's the suffering of the innocent I've seen" - and caused, and failed to prevent - "too much."