[ It's only when Adra finishes his last statement that he stirs - it's a slight gesture, but he stands up a little firmer, because he understands. Not only does he finally understand fully where the elf was coming from, but it also changed a small facet of his perspective. It's a different sort of caring that the people of Krythe did for their Lord Father. It feels more personal, somehow - maybe he was just being unused to it, but it's not something he thinks he deserves.

After all, he had been immaterial for a long, long time. But things change. ]

You are right.

[ He finally speaks again, grey eyes meeting the other's with a more certain gaze. ]

Thank you for phrasing my mistakes into words, I appreciate it. Now, I can learn from it better.

[ There is a slight pause here, because he knows Adra won't be satisfied with this answer. He's willing to elaborate, not only to explain himself, but also because he trusts the elf. ]

What you said was correct. I was too impersonal. For a very long time, I did not see mortals as how they saw themselves. I could not speak to them, like how you are speaking to me now - on a personal level. And I failed to consider that, here. Circumstances changed, and I failed to divine the true implications that it would bring.

[ For now, he looks... unsure. There's a flicker of something else in his perfectly symmetrical face, but it's gone as soon as it appears. ]

I am blinded. Like how living beings have a sense taken away, except they do not realize it until much later. I used to be able to see so many things, the lines of causality all interconnected. But now, nothing. I had 'taken them for granted', so to speak. This I realize now.

I will take responsibility for my actions.