I'm fine with a long story.
The more I know, the better.

[ he's going to be quiet, listen to every word. Hang onto it, and try not to let... something like anger leak out of every orifice of his body.

it's difficult. ]

I'd be wrong to judge someone's current life based on their own, given I'd like to be judged who I am today instead of who I was in my own past life.

But if she's accepted her old self into her current existence, then...
I won't trust her far as I can throw her.

I'll treat her as I would any higher up of the order--at Arm's length.

...

But I won't let her hurt the people I care about in the city, either.