I'm touched that you think of me kindly, miss Rey.

[ he really, truly is. ]

The things I did, in my last life... are things I would still do today. People are not meant to be binary beings, we are not only good or only evil. We're complex, we're honest thieves and lying heroes. I want to do good, and I have chosen to do evil. It isn't a matter of fighting it. Just understanding it. You can't shed the dark parts of yourself any more than you can shed the good.

[ though she recoils from him, his hands are gentle when he reaches for her face. when he touches his thumbs to her tears and wipes them aside, cradling her head between his palms. ]

Then, there are people who have managed to divorce themselves from their good, or their bad. They're no longer in balance. See?

[ one hand drops, and on the digital canvas he plays with so often, he draws a simple figure -- one any child from his time knows. the elegant circle, the flowing line that divides. the black side, the white side and the dot of opposing color within them. the symbol of yin and yang, of cosmological duality. ]

You've been fighting yourself for a long time, haven't you?