Reshod was also dejected after his last encounter with Straffe, but finally, he had gotten to the essence of his troubles and found the relief he was searching for. At peace internally, no longer violent and with no lingering propensity for negativity, he began seeing the parallels of his doings with what Nick was producing but Nick was taking the evil to a whole nother level. Did evil begat evil? he wondered. And he hated it.