"I know," says Dao. "I'm sorry. But look, you wouldn't be here if you weren't really good at being scared and still doing stuff, right? And pretty much the only way I see out of this where everybody gets to be happy is if we convince Beila that you actually aren't going to murder any more people."

He looks up from hug to address his girlfriend.

"Beila. If you're convinced he's actually not going to murder any more people, will you like, not get him arrested or fight him or anything, and just let him go not murder people in peace?"