[He flashes a sharp-toothed grin.]

Well, 'course not. The stories are always written to be that way. The hero is good, the monster is bad. The hero defeats the monster and everythin' is fuckin' hunky dorey, right? Evil is defeated and good shines through.

[There's power in their stories, a certain narrative that can't be broken. Things are as they are. ]

They ain't so good with the shades of grey.