One of my favorite things about Stephen was his soft spot for animals. Despite his love for dark and sinister things, Stephen loved animals with his whole heart and could be rendered powerless by a cute puppy or kitten. He was very passionate about the welfare of animals and very adamant about animal rights. He told me that as a child, he would bring home any animal that was slow enough for him to catch and it ended up a pet. We used to daydream about owning a large farm in the country and stocking it with as many different types of pets as we could get away with without being classified as hoarders. Our mutual love for animals is what our friendship spawned from, and we used to sit and talk about different types of animals for hours. I will miss that part of our friendship, greatly.