[ black communicator; voice ]
[ He sounds half-amused, half-thoughtful. ]
--I suppose there are worse fates for criminals. [ A pause. ] -- Not many, of course, and none so creative as being quartered and left alive after the fact, but.
[ He laughs, gently. ]
I wonder. Assuming one could stay dead in this place: if you would have to die for a reason, what would it be?