"Perhaps; but it doesn't assuage my guilt nearly as much as you make it sound like. I would like to believe that was a different person entirely - but it was not. I chose to perform all of those horrific acts, to cause so much pain and devastation. My hubris is what led me to this situation in the first place, and while the architect of this has been dealt with, I suspect I shall spend the rest of my eternal life atoning for my actions." She leaned against him, hand running over his scales. "Please... do not let me lose myself in that guilt? It is thanks to you that... that I have even managed to come as far as I have, but the road ahead seems long, and dark, and I do not think I am strong enough to walk it along."