[They're in agreement there. Not fun at all. Knives are messy, require close-quarters, and if you use a knife to dispatch someone, it's a deeply unpleasant thing to witness. But he's very deft with the knife, despite that. His lines are perfect. At least by the end of this, she'll have a pretty little scar.]

We have that in common.

[Both things, coincidentally. Romance doesn't dominate Pegasus' life as much as it once did. After seven years, he's had to cede defeat on that front.]

Shame happily ever afters don't come as easily as they do in books, isn't it? Sometimes they don't come at all. [He flicks his eyes around the room. Don't get much further from a happily ever after than hell.

Then he shrugs, moving onto the next letter.]

Do you have a favourite story?