I don't want to fight either. I just... well, I think maybe I'm just not seeing it from your perspective. For me, there's never been anything that can make you do something you truly don't want. Dad's a prick, but even He usually only moves the pieces where He wants them. Any time I've heard anyone say they had no control over their own actions, it's always been a lie. 'The Devil made me do it'. Do you know how many monstrous humans have used that as an excuse? As if I stood behind them, making them do anything? Even Malcolm's actions were his own, albeit a little twisted from his little visit downstairs. He chose to try to... woo me, as it were. The notion that anyone with free will, something Dad gave to all of you, could truly be made to do something against your own better judgement, against that will...

[He lifted a hand, gesture trailing off.]

I haven't seen that before. I'm not entirely sure I believe it possible.