He almost shouts yes, and throttles it unspoken. It's a struggle, and for a long moment his mouth works silently.

But he does want Erik to be dead for good, along with his murdering sister and all the rest of them, all the bloodsucking bastards who figured they had the right to punish someone for defending his own life. He wants to argue that Erik isn't better than them because he'd rather enslave than kill; the point is he thought he had the right.

There's nothing in Max's face he can say that to.

"You know what he did to you was wrong though," he says doggedly. One last try. "You do know that, right? And he knows it?"