“He who fights with monsters should see to it that he himself does not become a monster.”
Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil, Aphorism 146
Claire and I are sitting in the back of a black car, each looking out our separate windows. I see in the window’s reflection that Claire has her hands clasped nervously in her lap, the strap of her handbag wrapped around her wrist. I methodically clench and unclench my fists. Claire reaches