[He didn't really expect a response to the first part, but he does note it all the same. Responsibility is an easy thing to claim, but it doesn't mean all that much if all the difficult parts of being responsible are avoided.
But that's an issue for another time, if at all; he isn't any more interested in lecturing Ren than Ren is in hearing it. So he's quiet while Ren continues, noting the choice of words--'traitor' is a pretty strong one, and not usually used lightly--but not addressing it, some of his own often hidden intensity coming out as he's more focused on listening and reading nonverbal information than on remembering to temper it.
He's getting a sense of where this might be going, and part of him doesn't care to play along; he rarely lets people actually question him, let alone about anything personal. But he's taking a chance that this will be worth it in forging a better understanding, and is trying to trust that this is all coming from a place of caution and Ren needing to know what he's dealing with rather than bad faith.
So after a moment he decides to respond, and it's a pretty easy answer.]
Holding to your morals and belief in what's right, even in a situation that might challenge them.
[And to clarify--]
That doesn't mean being unable or unwilling to change an opinion if given good reason, but it does mean being unwilling to compromise what's right for what's easy.
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But that's an issue for another time, if at all; he isn't any more interested in lecturing Ren than Ren is in hearing it. So he's quiet while Ren continues, noting the choice of words--'traitor' is a pretty strong one, and not usually used lightly--but not addressing it, some of his own often hidden intensity coming out as he's more focused on listening and reading nonverbal information than on remembering to temper it.
He's getting a sense of where this might be going, and part of him doesn't care to play along; he rarely lets people actually question him, let alone about anything personal. But he's taking a chance that this will be worth it in forging a better understanding, and is trying to trust that this is all coming from a place of caution and Ren needing to know what he's dealing with rather than bad faith.
So after a moment he decides to respond, and it's a pretty easy answer.]
Holding to your morals and belief in what's right, even in a situation that might challenge them.
[And to clarify--]
That doesn't mean being unable or unwilling to change an opinion if given good reason, but it does mean being unwilling to compromise what's right for what's easy.