William Pierce:
Why does everybody always assume, I'm a mindless sociopathic killer? I'm a reformed killer! I want to safe the boy. Or use him as a shield, whichever is more practical.
Heheh...I've never considered William a mindless/wanton murderer, for what it's worth. I tend to think of him as similar to what Carl might've been if he'd grown up with enough to resent not having more and no-one darker to look down on, sharing that same kind of almost-zen pragmatisim with little to no moral restraint (i.e. controlled sociopathy).
As such, my thought was that he'd either be cutting down the potentially-bitten/Marina's before his mother got on the scene, or using his Super Shooting Skills to get the poor lad in the lower leg, which would certainly stop him running off and getting minced by Marina. William'd probably wind up geting a
>:( from the priest if he did that, though.
To add to the hilarity, the old Pierce's biggest fan is now outside, and he's brought a buddy...