[John sighs, frowning. But he is, at least, listening. Whether or not he's taking her suggestion seriously or not is another matter entirely. He's still frowning, but it's less severe, less angry. Somehow, it looks more tired and almost sad than anything.]

Yeah, but in order to do that... Do you hear what you're suggesting here? I'd have to kill somebody. [No use talking around the elephant in the room anymore. It's pretty obvious that they both know what Aradia is suggesting without actually saying it.]

Murder somebody in cold blood and then sacrifice everyone else in order to get away with it. I don't know if I can do something like that, Aradia.

[He sighs.]

But...I don't want to see or watch anybody else die. [That's an important distinction to make. It's one thing to see the dead bodies. He doesn't like that but it's at least easier to deal with than the executions...]