( Hwylryn absolutely sees that, and the regret he's felt following the murder regarding Junior's involvement has only intensified compared to the weeks leading up to it.

He's not foolish enough to say that he made Junior an offer and that Junior agreed - Junior is, as near as can be, newlyborn to Hwylryn.

He accepts his actions as, in their rawest state, cruel and manipulative and selfish, regardless of his intention, regardless of his love. )

I was wrong.

( And he will admit to it plainly, the way he did when Primrose scolded him for not valuing himself. There is a clarity to him, that is perhaps not, in this situation, reassuring. )

... You want me to understand the way he aches, and what it's done to him? The gravity of what I chose, right?

I understand. And if you think I should be punished for it... this, I would allow.

( If he deserves execution for anything, it's this. Not out of self-serving guilt - but simply to balance the scales. It's fair. )