Universe: Either/or; Dracula flavor
Characters: Abraham van Helsing, anonymous other character from the Dracula 'verse, Alucard
"You kept it? What is wrong with you!?"
"It seemed such a shame to just throw away something with so much potential. Besides, he might be useful someday."
"Useful? Useful!? That thing is far more trouble than it's worth, two of our own are dead because of it, and the only excuse you can give is that it might eventually be useful?"
"He swore his loyalty to me personally—"
"And we all know what the sworn loyalty of something that threw away its humanity several centuries ago is worth."
"…"
"Seriously, why?"
"He just seemed so… lonely. And miserable. It's hard to explain this, but… I think, sometimes, that monsters are nothing more than sobbing children, crying out for someone to end their eternal torment."
"Abraham, that doesn't make sense. If you pity the thing so much, why keep it alive? Why not put it out of its misery like it wants?"
"…"
"…"
"I…"
"…you just want to be able to say that the beast that terrorized the countryside for hundreds of years now calls you 'Master', don't you?"
"…maybe?"
A/N: I can't help but wonder how Abraham actually explained this. (Don't take his characterization too seriously here; it's crack.)