[Richelieu had tried to stay his opinions of horned beasts, enough to have conversations. But, the distance he kept between the creature and himself is in response to the ingrained sense of fear. And that smile. Don't do that. That just tells him that perhaps there's devil-work going on.]

I've been hearing that answer a lot since I've arrived here. I'm still not entirely sure where here is. Nor why my hand is in pain and glows such.

[There's a scripture passage about parts of your body leading you to commit sin and therefore you should cut it off... He's considering it.]