[. . . snorts, and leans his head back to thunk it against the wall]

Annnd this is why I wanted to come talk to you, because it seems like Andersen likes to play up the dramatics and make stupid assumptions.

[god damn it Andersen]

Please.

We're not saviors, heroes, or whatever Andersen tried to tell you we saw ourselves as. We never were, we know we arne't, and we never tried to pretend otherwise once we learned the truth.

And you're not Sacrifices, either. [he says that firmly, with conviction] Your lives are not things for us to play with, and definitely not things for the Unclean to play with, either.

Which is why! [he pushes away from the wall, training his gaze on Dirk firmly] We were doing this in the first place.

Because we don't want her to keep the souls of those she has already collected.