[Elys pauses for a moment here.]

I know a thing or two about mistreating a friend... I've put one through worse, and I realized then: even though there may be a fight sometimes, the ones you've known and trusted for a very long time will understand.

Anyway, you and those two still fight for the same cause, don't you? Unless you suddenly decide to join Ishin and abandon everything you've stood for out of envy, you aren't as terrible a person as you believe.

...So keep your chin up, 'Guardian of The South'.