He is conflicted within himself. Should he murder Torres or not? Torres, according to our narrator, is an evil man. Our narrator is part of the revolution and now has the number one enemy in his hands. Innocently, unarmed, and vulnerable Torres sits while the narrator holds a blade to his throat. "I could slit his throat, just like that, bam! He wouldn't have time to groan in pain and since his eyes were closed, he wouldn't see the gleam of the razor or the gleam in my eyes. But I was shaking like a real murderer." Is it murder or is it justified? Will he be a hero, a coward, or a cold-blooded killer? "And he deserves it. Does he deserve it? No, hell no! No one deserves to be the sacrifice that turns other people into murderers. What good could come of that? None, of course. More and more people come and the first group kills the second who killed the third, and it continues on and on until the world is a sea of blood." The narrator grapples with his duty, his responsibility, and his integrity as he carefully shaves a man who has walked into his shop for a shave.

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