What I would suggest is of no consequence. [It never really did, not unless it pertained to a case, but he would watch passively now as he did then. These choices were not his to make.] But I did remind you to take care of your soul.

[One more hole and the nose is ready to be pushed into the hollow inside like the eyes, and he sets about doing just that. The rind is thick and it has taken quite some effort to poke all of these holes into it and get the face going, but he shows no signs of tiring, only of needing a serious bath later.]

It's a beauty, isn't it? One of a kind. [And he's not proud of that, so says a faint softening of his tone in that description, one that's gone as soon as it came.] Is that why you're here now? To ask me about the chain?