[He can see her thoughts turning, and he wonders, did she realize? Did she finally understand or figure out why he did what he did? Part of him hopes she doesn't realize the full truth, but another is curious to know what she would think or feel if she did.

The one who sent him on that journey. The one who gave him a reason to act indirectly, to create that world in the only other way he could.

For her.]

It wasn't easy.

[But he won't tell her. Not now.]

I was fighting against an entire social system ingrained in everyone's minds. Which is why the first thing you absolutely need isn't about logistics or people, but about yourself. And that is having faith.

[A firm look as she may remember him saying those words in what seems like a lifetime ago when it really was only months back atop that caer.]

No matter how tiring, stressful, or amount of deaths and failures you face, you have to have faith in what you're doing. And with it comes acceptance and resolve to continue no matter what happens. You have to not only learn to accept that you can't save everyone, but be able to continue to save the ones that are still left.