Ah, yes... he did say something about compassion, didn't he?

[That's what Dimitri gets for getting too caught up in "unburdening" himself on someone else. He failed to take into account that both people here have to prove that they aren't beyond redemption.]

Very well. I confess that this is an uncomfortable exercise on my part, but since my choosing not to share would make things difficult for you, I will try.

[Dimitri takes a breath and closes his eye. Is it really, truly the right thing to just... say it? But he has to say it — if he doesn't extend that trust, he can't ask this boy to do the same in return.]

I fear that I'm too far gone to be able to atone. A good man shouldn't find pleasure in shedding blood.