[He was expecting a reaction like that, but...it doesn't make it easier, really. It's a weird position to be in -- he's had a long, long time to think about the history of Pulse, the good, the bad, the ugly... The hurt is like a dull ache, like a wound that didn't heal quite right. It's just fine, until you move the wrong way, and then what really hurts is the memory of it.]

It... [A sigh. She's clearly trying not to put too much on it, isn't she?] It happened a long time before I was born. It was all ancient history, to me.

[Things that were nothing but fact. Even if Caius had put into motion the events that eventually caused Cocoon to fall, people were the ones who went to war. They were the ones who destroyed what little Pulse had left.]

... Anyway, it just goes to show that people don't know what they've got, right? Not 'til they've thrown it all away.