For the first time, Mina felt some small measure of relief. She was still hurting and resentful, but finally, she felt that maybe she could deal with Jones. The real Jones. At least, she hoped she was being honest. And that she didn't see Mina as some kind of monster freak, but as a complete person. A flawed person. But one with dimensions beyond wickedness.

"Yes. Maybe we really are all alike in that respect," she said with a bit of a nod. "And God knows, none of us are perfect."

Herself included.

And on that subject. "There's something I'd like to know, though. About your time." She took a deep, shaky breath. It was really a force of habit. Of course, Tom breathed too. But that was because he was insane. Apparently. "How was the matter of Leander's Beast resolved?"