"I do not feel it has anything to do with deserving. I have been...far from perfect in my methods. Good intentions only mean so much in the end."

But he sighed, because no matter what she said, he knew that he was the cause of the war and that his very existence had been what had started the events that caused so much discord in the multiverse to the present day.

"I am attempting to find out all that I am able in order to change what I have been told. Not for my own sake, but for that of the multiverse. If you are able to change your course, I would...be open to joining you, should you be willing. Even if only very temporarily."

After a moment, he was unable to refrain from asking anymore. "I assume you know of Oriande? I...my last memory of my own reality is of returning from it."