[ Vash, meanwhile, keeps his head up, eyes forever on that horizon. The ark could reappear at any moment, and he's already lost too much. Knives cannot be allowed to hurt his younger self.
Knives cannot be allowed to know about his younger self. ]
It's not a matter of forgiveness.
[ His voice is tight, but steady. It's a good question, though. Someone hurts somebody else -- what should you do about that? He can't help but think, not of Tessla, but of Livio. Livio, who acted as he thought was best, who did what he thought he was supposed to do. Forgiveness would mean dismissing everything he'd done. Justice might look more like revenge, and neither of those paths led anywhere Vash wanted to go.
So what's the third option? ]
I don't forgive them. But I understand why they did what they did.
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Knives cannot be allowed to know about his younger self. ]
It's not a matter of forgiveness.
[ His voice is tight, but steady. It's a good question, though. Someone hurts somebody else -- what should you do about that? He can't help but think, not of Tessla, but of Livio. Livio, who acted as he thought was best, who did what he thought he was supposed to do. Forgiveness would mean dismissing everything he'd done. Justice might look more like revenge, and neither of those paths led anywhere Vash wanted to go.
So what's the third option? ]
I don't forgive them. But I understand why they did what they did.