[It seemed so impossible that they could be, but he nodded. He hoped they would, at least. It weighed heavily on him.
But, the idea of putting himself up as the bad guy if it meant stopping a conflict wasn't a foreign one. It was what Celestial Being had been designed to do, what he had been created for. So this was just another way for him to fulfill his purpose. If they could forgive him later, all the better.]