Mm. In a way, I suppose. Believe it or not, I've never seen myself as the killing type. This competition forced me to up my game.

[Or gave him the opportunity for it, however you want to take it.]

Ruin was always a strategic play, but then, I keep telling people that, and no one ever asks why. It was to get her out of the way so I could change teams without her hounding me later, but that doesn't make sense if you think about it for, what, two seconds? She'd have been pissed off, but she'd be wasting valuable time chasing me when she should be attracting other followers.

[He drums his fingers on the edge of the piano.]

There's a logical line I can follow, but... It frays if you look too closely.