Ever since his father had died, Alaric hadn't let himself experience emotion. It was his overconfidence that beckoned him to venture outside and subsequently cause his father's death. It was his belief that his emotions only hurt himself and those around him, and if he hid them away then he and everyone around him would be better off. Unlike the wolf before him, though, a certain aura of empathy permeated Alaric, made even more apparent by his great interest in the field of medicine. He wanted to prevent anything from happening to anyone like what had happened to his father. If he could keep a family whole again, then it was completely worth it.
"Truthfully, Dr. Caustic, I had not given it any thought," Alaric began after a moment's contemplation. He had not given much thought to the finer points of killing prey besides the fact that he felt no guilt from it because he believed them to be of a lesser intelligence. After all, they could not speak. "It is possible, I suppose, but what of the animals that are dumped here and can speak immediately? Do you suppose that there are vast quantities of radiation beyond this place that could cause someone to speak, and that they have already been irradiated before they get here?"
"Truthfully, Dr. Caustic, I had not given it any thought," Alaric began after a moment's contemplation. He had not given much thought to the finer points of killing prey besides the fact that he felt no guilt from it because he believed them to be of a lesser intelligence. After all, they could not speak. "It is possible, I suppose, but what of the animals that are dumped here and can speak immediately? Do you suppose that there are vast quantities of radiation beyond this place that could cause someone to speak, and that they have already been irradiated before they get here?"
♔ don't do love, don't do friends