[...right to the point, huh. ishi is quiet for several moments there, eyes fixed down, before he exhales a slow breath and speaks.]

... I am not sure I would call it normal for me, though it would be for most of us, yes. I hate killing-- I was enshrined for most of my existence, and was dedicated to healing, to cutting away what plagued those who visited the shrine. If it were possible to save everyone, if I had that sort of power... I wouldn't let anyone die.

[his brow furrows there.]

But neither can I deny what I am, or what I was made for. I hate killing, but I will do what is necessary; I have had to do so before coming here, as well. I've experienced war.