[ the knit at his brow briefly deepens at her response; he cannot refute that at all, but at the same time - it's inherently wrong, isn't it? ]

I don't know their reasons for sure, but I do know that some of those who have gone with them... the wishes they have-- the things they believe in are very human. Dreams of a better world remade after the old is gone. Maybe the Regent truly wants the same, or-- maybe they're manipulating the Kenoma into following them by promising such a thing, but either way...

[ it isn't good, right? ]