After the fact,

the doctors were able to say that he had

"a number of traits"

 

Determination

years of grudges forged into

a singular focus

 

Patience

lots of experience keeping quiet

by himself

 

Skill

based on practice

targets long and short, with a variety of weapons

 

Jealousy

white as strychnine

hospital clean

 

The combination was,

according to one person:  textbook

                                    a detached way to describe lethal

 

 

 

 

 

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