"Those who harbor guilt do so not because they are weak of heart, but because they have failed to meet the demands they make of themselves.
'Twas the same for me when I believed that my failures had led to the sultana's assassination. The despair and self-loathing were...indescribable.
I was fortunate that you and the other Scions came to my rescue. That I had friends who convinced me I was more than the sum of my worst mistakes. "