[ he does not reject the headpets!! in fact taair just closes his eyes like the most exhausted bird in the world, smiling faintly at the first part, but otherwise holding very still.

it's a terrible shame, indeed. ]

It is...we had a long conversation this week about her regrets. And one of them was that she once made a decision that turned out to be wrong - but she could not stand down from it, whether it was from committing or from pride. Even when someone tried to beg her to listen to them, to fix it, it was too late. [ thus his words at the end of the trial - i need you to listen to me, a desperate, last ditch attention to snap her out of it. ] So... to see her forced into that position again, when she was trying to - find redemption, or trying to set things right.

It was cruel. [ a soft, tiny sigh. ] Beyond cruel.