It's not untrue. The damage he's done is...there will never be enough he can do to even those scales. The dead in his wake, the innocent blood on his hands, not even the Legion can outstrip this. Every corner turned bears a reminder, as he sees the lifeless eyes of those he has wronged staring accusingly back at him.

A place, a purpose. Somewhere he could no longer be accountable. The urge to surrender to it and let this nightmare simply end is overwhelming. But doing so blindly was how he committed those sins in the first place.

It says something, still, that he is even willing to converse with the creature. Just give him an answer he can bear. That's all he's wanted.

"...and what purpose is that?"