Oh, I wasn't exactly hoping for better when I did that. Or when I stepped into that trial. Sometimes, there just aren't good choices.
Only... choices.
[Sometimes you're stuck staring at a catch-22 and realize there's no good way out of it. Certainly not without taking a ridiculous gamble. He'd considered, honestly, if the Wizard had been lying about the motive. But when what was at stake was everyone.. well. He wasn't going to play those odds.]
...You were manipulated, just as we all have been. It's going around, it seems. [There's precious little he can offer for what happened with Rina. It isn't something he can make better.] I'm sorry.
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Only... choices.
[Sometimes you're stuck staring at a catch-22 and realize there's no good way out of it. Certainly not without taking a ridiculous gamble. He'd considered, honestly, if the Wizard had been lying about the motive. But when what was at stake was everyone.. well. He wasn't going to play those odds.]
...You were manipulated, just as we all have been. It's going around, it seems. [There's precious little he can offer for what happened with Rina. It isn't something he can make better.] I'm sorry.