"Ewww, a death threat," she giggled.
"You will be hard pressed to find the words 'exterminate', 'murder', or 'killing' in my lecture above," I grinned. "The 'fate of monsters' could be exile, entrapped, or killed - open to interpretation."
"You sound like a lawyer," Anima kept talking.
"My father was murdered Monday night, so I've been dealing with some lawyers," I replied.
"Murdered? What did he do?" Anima attempted to not seem terminally bored.
"Married the woman he loved, had a son who he was proud of and mostly minded his own business," I said. "He owned his house, left no debts, and lived and died by the same simple code he taught me - take charge of your own destiny."
"How noble," she sneered.
"If you thought I was soliciting your input, you were mistaken," I shook my head mir
