[ ... ]

Aye. We have both been witness to what despair can do to a person—'tis a dark path that can seem impossible to turn away from.

That one being inflicts this upon those torn from their homeworlds in the name of conquest is nothing short of infuriating.

[ And it's chilling to think how dangerously close Alphinaud came to falling into that trap. Truly, if it were not for Estinien's interference... ]