"Wasn't that the point of why you sent me to talk to him at all?" He's good at reigning in anything like temper, but that's definitely a glower. "To be handed the recording of Nibelheim's destruction, told of the horrors my friends endured, the price the entire world paid?"
He hadn't thought it was his fault until then. How could it have been? He was dead. Except Genesis hadn't been, therefore he might not have been either, and maybe they could have done something. It's reasonable actions, he can't hold himself accountable if he didn't even know the full breadth of things that had gone wrong.. and why they went wrong. "What conclusions was I supposed to draw from finding out all that follows is years of suffering and misery and death that I might have been able to prevent? That I should focus entirely on myself, something that caused it to begin with or that I need to STOP doing that?"
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Date: 2025-01-04 10:12 pm (UTC)He hadn't thought it was his fault until then. How could it have been? He was dead. Except Genesis hadn't been, therefore he might not have been either, and maybe they could have done something. It's reasonable actions, he can't hold himself accountable if he didn't even know the full breadth of things that had gone wrong.. and why they went wrong. "What conclusions was I supposed to draw from finding out all that follows is years of suffering and misery and death that I might have been able to prevent? That I should focus entirely on myself, something that caused it to begin with or that I need to STOP doing that?"