He already knew if the Father was ever gonna haul off and hit someone, they'd really, really have to deserve it. And this Powell guy, well, he sounds like about the worst kind of guy you can know. Plus if he's the one who attacked the Father first, that's -- that's self-defense, right? That's just you trying to keep somebody from killing you, isn't it? He had a good reason. He had to.

...is there ever a good reason?

Isn't that how wars get started in the first place, everybody saying, well, you had a good reason to kill that person so it doesn't really count?

(Father Mulcahy's the nicest, gentlest, kindest person Radar ever met. The Father killed someone.)

Radar can't say anything. He's clamped a hand over his mouth, eyes too bright under the lights of the cafe as he keeps staring at Vickie.