[ Matt frowned as he watched the other man's face. That resonated with him--the idea of goodness, as opposed to the doing of it. History books were full of people who did terrible things in the name of righteousness, blinded by the very devotion that animated them. ]

I don't think they're gonna come along at all, [ he said after a moment, in a quieter tone. More even. ] But if we make them, we'll lose them for good. They'll just know us as jailors.

This way, maybe it'll be ... annoyingly slow, careful work, but we stand a chance of deradicalizing them. Getting them back on side. I think we all need each other to make this work.