"As a child, I truly believed it was, and I believed in heroes like the Feathermen. I wanted to be like them, and I wanted to protect people, especially her."

A dry, derisive laugh crawls its way out of him.

"Instead, I took lives. Ruined others. You can say that I made the 'right' choice back in Shido's Palace and again in Maruki's reality, but two choices do not undo years of poison."