[...He was about to say something along the lines of how, by giving them choices, they would have a chance--That they wouldn't be doomed.

But then the evoker falls to the floor and there is a sword pressed far-too-close to his chest, and he pauses for a long moment, utterly silent.

...

A sigh.]

Ryoji. I already told you--nothing you do will change my mind.

I refuse to take away peoples' last chances, their last choices. Those are theirs to decide what to do with, not mine.

[...He really is utterly at Ryoji's mercy at this point, having no means with which to defend himself at all. ...But he is calm, if serious and, perhaps, a little saddened. ...Because he trusts Ryoji.]