（ loaded question you probably shouldn't ask a soldier. he's of the opinion now that everyone with boots on their ground in afghanistan and later in iraq has blood on their hands, and he's hardly exempted himself. being there meant being complicit. he hasn't made his peace with it, but he doesn't let it paralyze him anymore.

but he knows that's not what's being posed here. and he knows, too, that the reason it's being asked is that it's the deciding factor. still — it isn't like annika can help that she was made. she never wanted to kill anyone.

he lives his life in service. people. ideals. but he puts the shifters first. narrow margin, but the hard truth of it. ）

I like to think I've never killed anyone that didn't deserve it. （ but he has killed. no question of that. it's almost cruel, the way he says it. cold. if this guy's going to be a problem for the supernatural community, he's going to stand in his way. draw the fire. god help him if billie ever got here and heard him talking like this. ） But I guess it depends on your definition of 'deserves'.

（ he's drawn his gun exactly once in almost fifteen years of being a cop, and never fired it. ）