[ The private side is what Fane picks. It’s easier for him, in a way, because he’s just more accustomed to favor a small few over the masses. He’s a scholar and a researcher. The problems of the many are never something he’s concerned himself with. So, because Hayame is someone he favors, that’s just… easier than facing the larger consequences of his words. As he will. ]

No— It is noble. [ …Perhaps, just a little bit, it must be ekes in through his Communion. ] I know the struggle well. Sometimes truth battles against what is comfortable. I…

[ He pauses. It’s just a bit too long and a bit too personal, and the sense of what’s missing fills in through Communion. His words aren’t clear, but the feeling is—His similar experience is what had led to his skeletal state. ]

Well. I understand it, is my point. The path of truth is not an easy one to tread, but it is the one that matters above all.