[ Having expected to face some level of rebuke or condemnation, her response leaves him reeling. Would she really stand back and allow this? Despite having fought for the right of those very souls to live?

He twists around in his seat to stare at her. When he had even dared hint at this to Felih, Felih had wilted and looked utterly crushed. He doesn't understand how they two can be so similar yet so different. ]

In the time before Hydaelyn was made, those lives held value, [ he says numbly. ] They were not like us, yes, but they had been granted a soul when Zodiark remade the star. They were not like you are now either with your weaker, divided souls.

[ He looks away, expression stony. ] I have been given a chance and I have nothing left to lose.