Mm. [It's a very faint but wryly amused sound. At the time, it was the greatest transgression, the greatest hurt. Now, he can't believe how much of a fool he had actually been.

How much of a fool he was tricked into being.] He wanted to test his own power. At least, that's what he told me standing in the middle of the bodies of everyone in our clan.

[The edges of his face softens just slightly, but his gaze doesn't waver away from Noctis. He looks neither hurt nor forgiving in regards to the brother. His eye doesn't beg Noctis for understanding or compassion.]

He had betrayed them. Except, his betrayal was because they had planned a coup d'état against our village.