[He's improved his technique at this point. Can't come at Hunter directly. Can't even make emotional appeals. But.]

You can't go neglecting the value of responsible scholarship. Ask Belmont about his family library sometime. Tomes and tomes of horrors, some that would be devastating in the wrong hands. But if the right people can't access it when needed, things get worse, not better.

[A little slimy. But. Baby steps, here.]