human
Do you mean to say you have never seen a kill before?
gpt
Never at close quarters,
human
I'm sorry you didn't like being in at the death, he said.
gpt
I thought you would be pleased.
human
Pleased!
gpt
Personally, said Nap,
human
I enjoy a kill.
gpt
Yes, he said recklessly,
human
I am like that. I hunt to kill. It is my nature. A red gleam shone suddenly in his fiery eyes. He looked at her aggressively.
gpt
What do you hunt for anyway?
human
I don't think I shall hunt any more,
gpt
Oh, nonsense, Lady Carfax! That's being ultrasqueamish, he protested.
human
You mustn't, you know. It's bad for you.
gpt
I can't help it, she said.
human
I never realised before how cruel it is.
gpt
Of course it's cruel, said Nap.
human
But then so is everything, so is life. Yet you've got to live. We were created to prey on each other.
gpt
No, no! she said quickly, for his words hurt her inexplicably.
human
I take the higher view.
gpt
I beg your pardon,
human
Surely you do too!
gpt
I am nothing but an animal, he told her rather brutally.
human
There is nothing spiritual about me. I live for what I can get. When I get the chance I gorge. If I have a soul at all, it is so rudimentary as to be unworthy of mention.
gpt
P'r'aps you don't care for animals, he suggested cynically.
human
To change the subject, do you know we are leaving the hunt behind?
gpt
I suppose we had better go back.
human
If your majesty decrees,