I asked him to destroy the Hex Core... because... I couldn't do it...

[He sounds so ashamed, curling the gloved hand against his chest. Of course he couldn't do it. That was his saving grace, he thought. It had the answers locked away somewhere inside it, the key to his salvation.]

I...

[He is quiet again. When he glances at her, his smile is apologetic and very tight.]

It isn't going to matter. I'm... fairly sure... I... Jayce, I... the whole council. I'm fairly sure we were going to die. Right before I woke up here in the chamber.