"Everyone has regrets, Styx. If there were a chance to change them - to make things right, to catch missed opportunities, to redeem oneself - they would no longer be regrets." Learning from one's mistakes - that came not from being able to take the easy option and see how things played out.
"The scales tilt, and you shift your allegiances. Save yourself, watch the rest fall." He leaned in closer, mirroring her actions, meeting her eyes with his own. No anger, no spite - just an old man who has been through a lot, and yet has not seen much of the world around him.
"The scales tilt again, and you come here whoring yourself out to me. You don't think it's a little insulting?"