"You should have." James said, and now his expression became dark, the face of a man who had seen and done far too much. "The world is a fucking ugly place, Dan. This world, my world, most likely all of them to some extent. The path you've chosen, I don't know what you originally expected it to be, but its brought you into contact with the kind of individuals forged by that ugliness. Fact is, you'll have to get used to violence, you'll be seeing a lot. All you can do now is choose how best to deal with that violence. I've seen the options, and as far as I'm concerned, I madde the right one myself, however much it may have cost me."