"Then you would be stupidly kind too." Braxiatel tried to remember the human rituals for the passing of their own, but humans were so split in their cultures that Braxiatel couldn't tell which one would be suited to Oliver.

"'And by the law almost all things are purified with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.'" He murmured the passage in Hebrew, under his breath. It was his hope that Oliver would take this 'test' as proof of his own goodness, even under duress. That Oliver would find some remission in the shedding of blood.