Let me put it this way. Would you rather have a big tough steak, or a tender cut of veal that's a little smaller? The sort of monsters I usually deal with generally don't need to eat, they want to eat. Children are a delicacy. It's the purity of their hearts and the freshness of youth that makes them targets.
[This really shouldn't be so shocking, Akira; even humans do this to calves and lambs. Even plenty of predators in the animal kingdom are picky enough to eat only the choice parts of their kill, and leave the rest for scavengers. People don't drink just because they're thirsty, they drink to get drunk.]
What, did the guy get down on his hands and knees and beg for forgiveness?
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[This really shouldn't be so shocking, Akira; even humans do this to calves and lambs. Even plenty of predators in the animal kingdom are picky enough to eat only the choice parts of their kill, and leave the rest for scavengers. People don't drink just because they're thirsty, they drink to get drunk.]
What, did the guy get down on his hands and knees and beg for forgiveness?