Fine. Then he's crowing about it. Better?

[ It doesn't change the point that Fane really means, but he's not sure what else to hear this as. It might not be regret for the action, but why else make such a monument? It doesn't strike him as a clumsy diplomatic gesture either. There's sentiment. ]

If you don't care about this monument, then you'd be better using your breath to convince him it's wasted. It's an insult when it comes from bloody hands.