"Learned them the hard way. I suppose there's no hope that they'll find a...well, more constructive path in the future." Ben feels some pity for the Fallen, now he knows more about them - he, of all people, knows what being consumed by fear and desperation and self-pity can twist you into. But it had been too long before he had been willing to change - and he's one person, not a whole traumatized, angry culture. "I know where the one they're on leads to."

The hand is accepted. "But you have my support if they cause issues again, Saint-14. You've got my word on that."