[For a moment he wishes his vice was something more publicly acceptable, like smoking. Then he remembers that they wouldn't let him do that in a zoo either and dismisses the thought.
He stops at the tank of some sinister-looking, thick black snake and leans down to look at it more closely. It resembles Kirei, he thinks, and he shudders.]
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[For a moment he wishes his vice was something more publicly acceptable, like smoking. Then he remembers that they wouldn't let him do that in a zoo either and dismisses the thought.
He stops at the tank of some sinister-looking, thick black snake and leans down to look at it more closely. It resembles Kirei, he thinks, and he shudders.]
You'd slow down in the cold too, if you were.