I see. Well, we're only mortal.

I've often thought that would certainly be a simpler solution than this zoo the Admiral has set up. And when the Master was my inmate...I'd told him explicitly that every time he committed a major crime, I'd wipe some of his memories. If he hadn't vanished, it would have happened eventually, probably more than once. Probably enough times to wipe clean his whole history eventually. A large part of me still thinks the Master would have been the better for it. It wouldn't have been the first time I--

[And he switches topic suddenly. Some of the things the CIA did, things that he did under orders as an operative for the CIA, aren't sitting well with him lately now that he's taking the time to go back and think about them.]

This continuing cycle of retribution has to stop. At this point in the conversation, Braxiatel would probably quote some pretentious line from Shakespeare or Greek tragedy about vengeance. I simply think it's a bloody nuisance and a security risk that's growing worse and worse.