I've never given much thought to the casualties. My men always feared me from the start. The same goes for my family.

[And he learned to turn that fear into the shell that surrounded him and protected him from anything that would hurt him. His voice is bitter as he continues to speak, his expression hardened just a bit.]

They may have loved me once, but that didn't seem to matter for long. They feared my power and they feared that I was to become a monster. It ended up being a self fulfilling prophecy, I suppose.