[Liem has been thinking about the Regent almost constantly since their address, before their missions were assigned. He's been thinking about their methods, about their motives, about whether it matters to him if they're telling the truth, and what that means for his conviction to end existence. Because he still believes in its fundamental flaws, in the rot that burdens this reality with its glut of suffering. And he even believes that it's worth destroying what peace remains there in order to bring about a future utopia.
But he doesn't think existence is so far gone that he would willingly extinguish it for no further purpose but its cessation. And he is no longer confident that the Regent's claims of intending to build a new existence are actually genuine.]
Sometimes a bit of cruelty is necessary, [is what he says.] For kindness in the long-term.
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But he doesn't think existence is so far gone that he would willingly extinguish it for no further purpose but its cessation. And he is no longer confident that the Regent's claims of intending to build a new existence are actually genuine.]
Sometimes a bit of cruelty is necessary, [is what he says.] For kindness in the long-term.
[He sounds like he's trying to convince himself.]