"W-what, I..." Endrance shook his head vehemently, the shock clearly written all over his face. "I... No. I wouldn't have done that willingly...there's no way I..." The words went flying out, and there wasn't any stopping them. It wasn't a lie. That wasn't Haseo's way of doing things. Normally, he might have appreciated that frankness, but right now it was just a little too much.

"But...I..." There weren't words for the emotions he was feeling right now. Endrance could imagine the look on Haseo's face the moment that had been revealed, how much of a shock it had to have been. That was enough to make his stomach twist and almost bring tears to his eyes. "If we were to leave right now and not remember...but, I'd want to remember so as to change things, because there has to be something else, some other way..."

There couldn't be. If that's how far I went, that means there was no other choice...but to think I would practically do the same thing all over again, go to the enemy like that...it's all weakness, all my fault that I couldn't find another way of doing so.

He opened his mouth to try and apologize properly, but the words wouldn't come. There weren't words enough, and he shook his head again. "I...I'm..."