Make no mistake, Diarmuid -- I expected neither mercy nor sympathy from him in court. What did come as a surprise, however, is the truth of the matter: he orchestrated Robert Hammond's murder as part of an elaborate scheme of vengeance. He raised and educated me not for the sake of his legacy or the suffering of still more criminals; rather, he wished to see me rise to fame and infamy, and then fall in the public eye and be executed for murder -- whether Robert Hammond's, or my father's. He saw to it that my natural tendency towards isolation was reinforced; it was his intention that once that day came, I would have no one to turn to.