"There is always that hope, yes."

The hope that the outcome was always going to be the same. A hope that can never be fully confirmed, but lives eternal nonetheless. Yet it has ever been the quiet voice of 'what if' that has plagued Lahabrea most. The possibility that there might have been another path.

Still, there is no sense in addressing that matter further, and so Lahabrea does not.

"Indeed so. Especially when one knows not every individual will be inclined to offer their truest self."