[ That… is another beast entirely. Something for them to work on and for him to gnaw on. ]

All right.

[ He considers just answering the question. ]

I don’t agree. That you lack a conscience. But… I agree… you might have turned yours off. Gone into survival mode.

[ A longer, slower breath.]

And I understand. Why that line is hard for you. Since it was probably drawn out, so long, so thin? You can barely see it.

But.

The difference. Between an inmate and a warden. Is in what you’re doing right now.