[ Ryoji doesn't know that many murderers, he'll take any he can get if it means they can kill him before he kills somebody else. He'd known only one person who had nearly killed Thanatos, human as she is, but she had refused to finish the job and now he's grasping at Chloe, memory!Chloe, whoever can do it. ]

It's not always a monster. If I die, it will also die. [ His voice dips, hushed because he knows people who hate when he talks like this. ]

...I don't mean to sound like I'm giving up. But the insurance would make me feel better.