[That earns a laugh, a hearty, thoroughly amused chuckle. That's cold, and that's what makes it kinda brilliant. Kinda really, obscenely brilliant. Fucking ruthless.]

Oh my god. And I bet they liked her well enough to start with, huh? Man, that kid's gonna have zero friends when we're done with 'em.

[But hey, ain't that for the best?

That way no one's gonna miss 'em.]