[That... For some reason, it's that which gets him to go impassive almost immediately. After all, what is the point in atonement if no change is brought about for having done it?

But then, what is the point in atonement if there's no God to receive it?

He does not consider himself an inherently cruel man. All that he's done has been for a purpose. And yet.]

Much has changed, and yet much remains the same. We don't yet know enough of this world to know what it requires of us and what it does not. I ask that you have patience.