“Sab’ika, ch’acin’t. You asked me a question once. Was it instinct to save a life or to take it? Well, I don’t know, ch’ach. All I do know is that if we are free to choose, I hope we choose life over death. Not because I believe the implacable universe cares a damn, but because as I look at you, ch’ain’t, I realize how glorious, how magical life can be…”