[They consider that. They have bluntly told several people here what they have done, and to their naked mind, Nick does not seem like the kind of person they could kill or the kind of person they should tell. So they stick to the middle ground.]

I have been around for a long time. [Their hand goes to the place where their missing bead should be.] I have a certain failure in my past that I want to correct, and I lack most of the emotions that humans seem to possess. Do with that what you will.