Angeal shakes his head, a small brief gesture. "Sounds like you had things misrepresented a bit. He went pretty much right for the recording, and everything that followed was about it."

How much of that is true, and how much is just how he's chosen to interpret it, is up for debate - but he seems certain of it. "I know the 'big-ass mistakes' I've made, Shaw. I've never been under any illusions otherwise. Never claimed to be innocent." And yet it would happen again if things unfolded the same way a second time, that's certain.