No, it's okay. [He's so quick to reassure her. She asks for nothing, and she didn't ask for him to not kill at all, just to kill less. That's... fine. That's fine. It's because the power is so low. They need more of it...

Turns out mother was right about that. He reluctantly opens the book back up and lays it flat on the desk.]

My mother had ideas for how to help make more power, if you want them. I was going to start offering non-lethal hunts so I'll just do those until we have full power again.