All one can do is their best. I fight only to end war.
[Why Lacus cared was beyond him, though perhaps she was simply that kind of person.]
There are honorable soldiers. I fought against one, as well as worked with him when three hundred innocent lives were threatened by a partner of his.
[That mission, while what had ended up happening had deviated severely from the original plan, remained a bittersweet success. While he'd saved three hundred people, five hundred others ended up dying.]