When you put it like that, your usual demeanour is really no wonder.

[She takes another contemplative bite.]

Some might theorize that you're preventing them from doing further harm. Others, that you're cutting off the possibility for them to turn around and do good. But you jump straight to the idea that there's really no point. Of course, unliving as long as you have, your outlook is appropriately world-weary. Or I would say that, but Estrella's dad is positively ancient, and the stories about him are a little more lively.