[Zevran gives him a small reassuring smile. Some people are determined to carry the weight of the world on their shoulders, feeling responsible for things wholly out of their control. A decade ago, it was foolish to him. Now he knows that's what makes some people better.]

If you are to blame, so is everyone else: every guard, from the humblest man or woman on patrol, on up to your Captain.

[He shakes his head.]

These things...they are not something one can predict. If no one knows it will happen, how can they stop it?

Tell me, when it happened, what did you do? Did you do nothing, or did you rush to aid others?

[He's got a pretty good idea what the answer is, and it's not "Check primarily on people he cares about and ignore the rest," which is what he mostly did.]