Humanity isn't something you can teach us.

But mercy - [xe laughs.]

You'll see.

[xe touches hir lips to Sion's, briefly] If we meet again, I won't remember this. But I will.

[and then xe leaps back, landing precariously on the shaft of a needle, and leaps back again, disappearing down the pit.]

[the pit closes over hir like lips pressing shut.]

[Riful turns to you, eyes mirthful and half-lidded.]

Now. I really think it's time you left before you do anything else obnoxious.