There's a last paragraph from another story in that collection that's stuck with me ever since I first read it: Will you believe me when I tell you there was k

There's a last paragraph from another story in that collection that's stuck with me ever since I first read it: Will you believe me when I tell you there was kindness in his heart? His left hand didn't know what his right hand was doing. It was only that certain important connections had been burned through. If I opened up your head and ran a hot soldering iron around in your brain, I might turn you into someone like that.