[voice]
[ This is the path he chose. And he will stand by it. It would all be too easy to call upon a Memento Mori shot, but no more of that. He promised.
As far as he was concerned, he had tried. And he had failed. ]
... if that is your wish, Anew.
[ And like before, there's nothing he can do, nothing else he can say. Might as well do as she wishes. ]