[Malice folds his arms, glancing skyward as he continues.]
I'd already lost someone close to me through my own doin'. Couldn't go through that again, even if the situation wasn't anywhere near the same. I'd decided even before that that I'm gonna be a better person, but that...
...I guess that's just when it sunk in that I really had to shape up, or I'd risk losin' everythin' all over again.
[Last time it was because of a mistake he made. This time... well, it could be anything. That's why he needs to get stronger, so he can protect the people here. Not just Yamato and his friends, but all of them. It won't change what he did to Cody and the rebels. It won't make all of that okay. But it'll be a good step to prove that he is changing himself.]
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[Malice folds his arms, glancing skyward as he continues.]
I'd already lost someone close to me through my own doin'. Couldn't go through that again, even if the situation wasn't anywhere near the same. I'd decided even before that that I'm gonna be a better person, but that...
...I guess that's just when it sunk in that I really had to shape up, or I'd risk losin' everythin' all over again.
[Last time it was because of a mistake he made. This time... well, it could be anything. That's why he needs to get stronger, so he can protect the people here. Not just Yamato and his friends, but all of them. It won't change what he did to Cody and the rebels. It won't make all of that okay. But it'll be a good step to prove that he is changing himself.]