It's-- it's a d-difficult, um. change.

( Fumbled, and he's wincing a little, rubbing at his neck. ) D-don't-- I m-mean it's uh, it's hypocritical and stuff, b-but don't be t-too-- too hard on them?

( Apologetically, as he shrugs. Quietly, but... oddly forthright, for how raw it is, ) Sometimes-- I think p-people would um, rather have fought w-with Atlas. That w-was why I c-couldn't.

( It was better to have Atlas than him. Because look at him. )