"I wanted to talk. Have you ever tried to talk to Perceptor? I couldn't even find him, afterwards."

He gives a resigned sigh. Everyone's blaming this on him. Maybe it was his fault. And if it was, then, no, he didn't need to be the mar of their happiness.

"Vandal, it's not necessary. I respect that he doesn't...want me near him. It's all I can do."

"What I want is immaterial since it's not going to happen."