That earns... something like a raised eyebrow from the Vesmier. :: Circumstance has a great effect on us, :: he says. :: The portrait painted of me, had certain circumstances been different, is hardly a flattering one. But it is the reality of our choices, and not some hypothetical other path of events, which we must hold ourselves accountable for. ::

The Vesmier doesn't place much stock in might-have-beens. Focus on them too long and he'd go insane, abandon the Senate, abandon everything he fought for.

He steadies himself. :: I can explain, as I work, :: he offers. Were he lucid enough when they were rebuilding his mind, he would have liked to have known. And she doesn't need someone having control over her in a way which entails secrets. :: If you would like to begin. ::