He sighed, a small ghost of a smile flickering across his face, before he looked at Barid. "Why do you hate being used so much? It isn't too terrible a burden, the very people you strive to 'save' do not care that she uses them. In fact, they don't care that YOU use them. Was it something that happened in that court before we met? Someone used you, and you held that memory, a festering wound, close to your heart?<br/><br/>I never cared that I was used, Barid, that is the disconnect between the two of us. I think it has always been the reason for it. All I asked was that all the pain, suffering, loss, and toil, when all was said and done, MEANT SOMETHING. That was all I asked, that we didn't fight so hard, give so much, and sacrifice so many, just for it to not make a damn difference at the end."