"Some are a danger to be left alive," Kirby said. "Humans aren't like animals. They aren't clean in their dealings with each other. Some, if you don't cull them, they'll do a great deal of harm. They hardly deserve the label of 'human' at all, though I have no idea what else you'd call them."

That was at least partially true. She had, in fact, several words for them, and not everyone she had ever killed had fallen into that category by far. She wasn't about to tell the girl that, though.