"You saw what we became, given the choice. And we chose."

It was not inflicted, it was weakness. Pure and simple. To survive, to find purpose and a place, the reason itself didn't matter. They'd still turned on their fellows and let themselves be manipulated.

After he'd sworn 'never again'. After he'd told himself he was better than that. That he could be more than that.

But he'd failed in that so wholly and completely, it hardly seemed worth continuing to deny.