“It was Victor’s idea, putting the theory to the test,” he found himself saying as he descended the steps. “The method took some tweaking, but it worked. That’s why I know this has to stop.” Lyne twitched. His mouth opened, made a sound between a groan and a gasp. “Because it works. And because it’s wrong.” Eli stopped at the base of the stairs beside his teacher. “I died begging for the strength to survive, and it was granted. But it’s a trade, Professor, with God or the devil, and I’ve paid for my gift with the lives of my friends. Every EO has sold a part of themselves they can never have back. Don’t you see?” He knelt beside Lyne, whose fingers twitched. “I can’t let anyone else sin so heinously against nature.” Eli knew what he had to do, felt it with a strange and comforting certainty. He brought one hand almost gently under Lyne’s jaw, the other cradling his chin. “This research dies with us.” With that, he twisted sharply. “Well,” said Eli softly. “With you.” Lyne’s eyes emptied and Eli set his head gently back against the ground, sliding his fingers free as he stood.

Okay I know it's a big blop, but this scene made me love Eli as a villain for some reason. It's giving Judge Claude Frollo from Hunchback of Notre Dame. Or even Light from Death Note. It's this god complex that he carries on himself that even though he is an EO himself, he wants to rid the world of others because they are not safe according to him. HE wants to be the god of the world and he will kill anyone that gets in the way of that because they are evil in his eyes. This scene for me is so well written. Dark, but it's honestly pretty realistic from a human perspective.