[The last thing Tieria expected was to see guilt coming from Neil. That bothered him. Why did he feel guilty? This was Tieria's responsibility. It always had been, to Tieria, at least. So Neil's expression baffled him.
His comment was no better. Start where? With Anew?]
Why?
[But that wasn't all, and Tieria considered his next words, giving a small shake of his head.]
I am not asking anyone to forgive. I am not asking anyone to work with anyone. I am simply asking if they want a say and what it is. Why is that such a bad thing? If the reason the first one failed was because not everyone had a say, then we should fix that by allowing everyone the opportunity to put something forth.
[He looked down, the projection above offering no comfort. The novelty of it was long lost to Tieria now.]
If there was something I could do to put everyone at ease, I would. I am still uncertain myself if this will work. However, Setsuna feels it will. I trust his judgement. I am not offering forgiveness to them. [Even Tieria himself couldn't do that after what's happened.] But I have to offer them the chance to change.
[The same chance he had...
And he wanted them to change. He wanted them to learn what he had learned.]