"No games. No - evasion." It's a difficult concept to wrap his mind around. Certainly more difficult than this part, the physical part. But he's not inclined to follow orders anymore and he's not living by Goddard's rules. He didn't, not at the end, not when he was angry, and not now.

No questions. No complaints. Those are harder habits to break.

The little nip gets a smile. "Did you really rip his throat out with those teeth?" he wonders, flicking his tongue once against Kepler's lips.