（ he entertains no delusions — fundamentally, he is not a good person. he may be capable of good actions, but the massacre will always exist at the core of him and no amount of redemption will ever scrub it out. in response to her comment, he merely lifts one shoulder in a shrug. ）

Morals or innate character have nothing to do with it. I am only considering the matter logically. Taking the orb will make us enemies enough. There is no point in exacerbating the issue, given that it may well lead to a later attack on the Ximilia.

（ there is no telling what the technology level is on the rest of the world, whether or not there are significant magic-users elsewhere. it is either annihilate everyone that may have seen them, or let them live and trust that their awareness of the mercy will be enough to stay their hands. he cannot say that his is the wiser choice, only that it is the one he is preferring to make, for a future he will never see. ）