"You probably could," Brodin agreed simply. "Anyone could turn dark. I'm not refuting that. But I know you won't. You feel remorse. You'll keep trying to make it up to me even though I've said you don't need to. That's the mark of a good person. You may not believe me, but I believe in you. The person I'm looking at now isn't who I saw that night."
He realized he was probably wasting his breath, but he had to try.