[Well. She did say some of the magic words for him. Memories are traumatic for him, obviously, but he looks at her and sees someone who did this out of love. Made mistakes, has regrets. That's hard. That's hard, and he can never avoid sympathizing with someone who just wants to atone. From his perspective, there's nothing more monstrous than the thing he did, so who is he to deny anyone a little empathy.
So his response is gentle, even though he says - ]
You take the weight at the cost of choice, at the cost of your friends as. . . as people.
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So his response is gentle, even though he says - ]
You take the weight at the cost of choice, at the cost of your friends as. . . as people.