"He was far from snobbish," Venom snaps. The young assassin considered himself humble, but Lord Zato had a kindness that was all his own. No one else saw it.

That has Venom thinking. He had been building up, moving past that job and leaving it via "death". "I am something more, aren't I..." He's a sort of medic now, a healer. Giving life instead of taking it.