[ Sebastian breathes out a little laugh at that with a helpless sort of shrug and a nod of agreement. ]

I believe that is the best we can all do, really. Magic was... I shall say not as present where I am from. Existent, but so rare that it may as well not.

[ Ironic, considering what he was and that it was magic that would summon him and bind him in a Covenant, but they almost didn't count by his measure. Those were such specific, circumstantial uses, and also rare in their own right too.

Yet it's easy to skip right over those details, which he does. The rest of the conversation is more important, and there's a bit of measuring going on for Sebastian's part of this. He's well aware that he's offered some callous and cold. He spends enough time among humanity to know that the immediate reaction would be one of horror.

And indeed, perhaps he might be inclined to agree with it in part, were death something that had a stronger hold on Aions. As is, it's a practical, if ruthless, calculus. ]

I would not mind. And it would be a last resort, mind you. Hopefully you may find a way to lessen the grip of such rage before it should be needed.

[ That part he can't help with, really... ]

But if you shall entrust me with the responsibility, I shall take it seriously.