I cannot argue that. It's one of the reasons I've always admired them as a people, but at the same time, there are still those who stand above the rest.

[There's something in his tone that makes it clear Regis means to include Nyx in that second group. Nyx and all of his friends. Including the one he had inadvertently sent to her death.

Crowe Altius.

Hers was the last name of the fallen he'd memorized before the treaty signing and the Fall. Once he'd met with Lunafreya and learned that the Glaive they'd sent never arrived, he'd sent Clarus to find out what he could. All his Shield had been able to find before time had run out was confirmation of her death, her name, and her next of kin.

Libertus Ostium. Nyx Ulric.

Should he say something? Apologize for sending her on the mission despite the fact it was Drautos who had chosen her and the very same man who had compromised her mission? Would it do any good? It's not as though it would bring her back anymore than the half-finished condolence letter that had been left upon his desk before the treaty signing would have.

He gives Nyx a strained, knowing smile.]

Were it as easy to place all the blame on the person responsible for this pain as it is to blame ourselves, we would not need to be having this conversation.