[It's easy for her to say that now, isn't it? She doesn't know what he's done. What he is.

He's quiet for a moment, his gaze clouded and distant.]

I suppose I learned, in the end. A pity it took so long.

[But it is what it is. Ren is a... mostly more comfortable subject.]

As for my rival... well, he's many things. Annoyingly lucky, compassionate to a fault... but I wouldn't say his compassion is entirely a weakness, given the power it provided him.

He also is the one person I trust wholly and completely.

[He plays it off with a light shrug, trying to regain that aloof composure.]