[ He can sense it, some of it, turning to face Cilan then. It softens his expression, already then without much to it as thoughts dance around his head. But-- he didn't entirely not understand Cilan's answer, when he had been so adamant to make Hinata believe in his own innocence in what happened to him. That was what he believed in. The why, what meant more was knowing the why.

Wasn't it? ]

...Were you ready for the kind of stories you would hear from people about their worlds? Ever since I came here, I've found myself changing what I thought I believed in... I've heard about their world, and the things people have done... the kind of things I wouldn't have forgiven them for back home. [ Would he have? He doesn't know-- ] Did you know? The world Alvin comes from -- Ludger told me that he's had to destroy worlds for his own. Do you think Alvin didn't know about it? All of them from that world, they're closer than that.

[ There's a melancholy to his words, and he still eyes Cilan with an unreadable, lax expression. ]

That's the kind of people we're surrounded by. [ His leans to the side, slowly. ] Or do you have a secret too?