[ There is a long, stunned silence. Neil is hunched forward, eyes on the ground, but he doesn't see it. No, the Meister is looking back on his life, his choices, and the consequences of his actions. Nothing he has heard since his arrival here has helped him put any of those pieces together so the entire explanation just leaves him shocked on a number of levels.
Finally, he growls the words out. ] I always knew we were expendable. That the world would probably never see out side of things. [ His hands are in such tight fists that his leather gloves creak and groan from the strain. ] They weren't going to understand each other, but they could understand one thing... hating us for what we dared to try. [ Perhaps the anger is irrational; that wouldn't be new. ]