[ It isn't like that at all. And if he knew exactly what she were thinking... there are so many things he'd want to say to that. Even if his hands were so infuriatingly bound; which is not a thing he ever tolerated very well.

But as it is his expression smooths a little at that—something quieter and reflective. Because of the question she asked, but.. also because of that not-good feeling.

(Lux, what were you thinking?)

But then she always had hated that sort of smile of his. ]

[ ... ]

...It's a little different... [ It's a very quiet, distant sort of way in which he speaks, not looking to her. In fact he turns away; towards the horizon. ]

But.. to me, when a soul becomes corrupt... I think it's because they're someone who felt things very strongly. Who became something so sad because they grieved and regret even their own life to the point where they'd give it up to their own darkness. Who then hate the thing they've become—because they were so very human.

But what I can see is the person they were still inside that. The person they want to be again, even if to everyone else they're a monster that means them harm.

[ It is how Allen will always understand that general sort of situation. In his own world, in the world of Enprise that followed it—and here now. ]