[Duke sits on his response for a long time. Of course they could always debate intricacies and exceptions and each possible manifestation of the situation, but why bother? He sees her point. He's always agreed with that point.

It's just hard to bring himself to say why.]

Where I'm from, families inherit these superpowers called Troubles. They're usually dangerous, deadly, sometimes uncontrollable. Sometimes people use them to harm others, sometimes people can't stop them from harming others. Mine is that... [He hesitates. There's still time to back out of this, but he's gotten this far.] People in my family can kill a Troubled person, and the Trouble stops - forever, for everyone.

My father hunted the Troubled. My grandfather had his doubts, but so did he. So did everyone in my family, for generations. To keep everyone safe, he said. And sometimes they did. Sometimes they saved lives by killing people and ending their Troubles.

I've done it once for those reasons. It's bullshit. It sucks.

There's a woman from Haven, Noel, with a resurrection Trouble. Her sister would murder rich people and have Noel bring them back for cash. Nathan died - got shot - the day they arrested her. He came back, and he couldn't feel any of it. But he still died.

[He pauses pensively. Duke can roll with the punches in any given situation, but Rogue's point can't be ignored.]

My personal experience, observation only? You're right. Death should be a last resort, even if it can be reversed.