Ah, the Kill!

It does come out sounding nice, doesn't it?

"As the first hideous thing fell to the side, Lucy remembered that, try as you might to dress it up before or after, and call it honor or rightness or necessity, killing finally came down to that glorious moment of power, when you took away someone’s last bit of energy and let it flood into you, as though it would fill you with everything you ever needed or wanted, in one rapturous burst."