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That the only thing I could do was watch...

I should've been there to shoulder the burden alongside all of you.

That's not true, Fiammetta. You don't have to shoulder anyone's burden.

No, that is my choice.

I don't care what power he was lusting after, what secrets he was trying to uncover, what answers he was trying to find.

I don't care about his ideals, his lofty cause, who he redeemed, or who he guided.

I will not forgive him.

Not because of my beliefs, not because of Laterano, not because of the Pontifica Cohors, and not even the time that I've lost...

I will not forgive him, because––

Andoain, you betrayed the people who trusted you.

My old friends.

How come you're here in one piece?

How come even His Holiness can't...

How come...?

How come... you're asking me that again... The path was never there in the first place. What good does it do groping around in the nothingness?

Is this your penitence?

Penitence? No, I have nothing to repent... Where can I repent? There is no light, no path. Those who suffer must continue to suffer, those who grieve must continue to grieve.

There is no salvation, no paradise. This is Laterano, and it is the only thing that belongs to us.

If the light has always been a lie... No, not a lie... It's real, but not as we wished...

There has never been a light... let alone illumination...

What are you babbling about, Andoain?

Have I given up? Why would I be here if I had given up?

With a barrier this thick, how am I supposed to embrace them? How am I supposed to embrace them?

Maybe I am nothing more than a swindler peddling false hope... who deceived myself into believing it...

I don't understand. What is Its judgment? Where does It want me to go? Its very presence has already blocked my path...

Where shall I find my path?

Andoain! Wake up! Look who's standing in front of you!

Who... Ahh... Fiammetta...

Why are you losing your mind again?! Where did your honey tongue go, your righteous air? Have you lost your spine?!

How am I supposed to convict a husk of a madman? Take a good look at who's standing in front of you!

...I'm in Laterano, Fiammetta. I'm above the Basilica.

I'm glad to see you all again... No, I'm not glad at all.

Are you trying to get in the way?

You still dare to get in my way?!

Apologize, Andoain.

Right now. Get on your knees and apologize to Mostima and Lemuen!

Do you think you did nothing wrong?!

I have made countless mistakes.

You're still pretty damned smug, aren't you?!

God forbid.

Listen up, Andoain. I don't give a damn what your beliefs are, nor do I care if all your beliefs have gone to shit.

Lemuen forgave you. Mostima forgave you. Yvangelista XI forgave you. Even if all of Laterano forgives you... I will not.

I'm so sorry, Fiammetta.

I'm not the one you should be apologizing to.

If I had the chance, I'd probably do the same thing all over again.

Are you for real? You'd say that in front of Fiammetta?

And right now, you're not...

Very good, Andoain.

Take out your gun.

You know that won't accomplish anything.

You think I care about accomplishing something?! I in malam crucem! You think that if I kill you right here, Lemuen gets eight years of her life back?! Or that Mostima gets the whole rest of hers?!

Pedicabo ego te et irrumabo! Accomplishing something!

I want revenge for the sake of getting my goddamned revenge! Do you get that, Andoain?

Are you so completely obsessed, Fiammetta?

So what if I am?

I'll say it one more time, Andoain–– Take out your gun!