Hmph. That would explain the drug use, then. I'm surprised you managed to live without them, with that inside of you.

[He's mostly still, which is unusual for him - unlike the fire and evil he'd shown the demon - that beast - he only watches his alcohol.]

...I don't understand that fear. But then again, I am a man who turned to Evil merely because I did not want my theories to be consigned to dust without ever having them tested.

...Still, I realized that letting that free would end everything, so I allowed my defeat and let you go.

I suppose it also explains how you were able to recover so quickly, anyway.