[He's suddenly wishing that they'd had a much more thorough orientation to this whole historical situation. He's been working at the palace for weeks, guarding the royal family, completely unaware of what was supposed to happen to them. He feels slightly ill.]
I have been speaking with many among the guard at the palace and they feel similarly. They... feel as though there is no other path forward besides that which would spill blood.
[Groan.] I wish I had known that sooner.
I wish that we could change it. But that is what our enemy would want, yes?
[The dilemma of being tempted to change what were perceived as the wrongs of the past was one he had never thought he'd be faced with. He had never railed against his decision to slay Nago, simply pursuing the only way he knew to try to amend it. That is what he must do here also, it seemed, even though the power of time travel made that temptation that much greater.]
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I have been speaking with many among the guard at the palace and they feel similarly. They... feel as though there is no other path forward besides that which would spill blood.
[Groan.] I wish I had known that sooner.
I wish that we could change it. But that is what our enemy would want, yes?
[The dilemma of being tempted to change what were perceived as the wrongs of the past was one he had never thought he'd be faced with. He had never railed against his decision to slay Nago, simply pursuing the only way he knew to try to amend it. That is what he must do here also, it seemed, even though the power of time travel made that temptation that much greater.]