I thought that was the case for a little while. But then they suddenly seemed so set on us taking sides. If we hadn't done so...

[a light shake of his head. There's no saying it would never have come to this but there was a lot of harm and a lot of strife that could have been avoided had they not been pushed into picking sides. Had they just been able to return when they could...]

I... cannot claim the outcome might have been different. To my understanding this was brought about by one of their own. I just cannot... reconcile the claims they made with some of the actions they had us take.

[he feels so foolish. So confused.]

Picking a side was only ever going to further the conflict, heighten the tensions, but when they told us to we trusted...