... someone told him that he was just a pawn, meant to be discarded. For years, he endured that, from someone that he loved. [It's Sandalphon's business but - he trusts Sanji not to blab. It doesn't even matter now, does it? It's just... a story now.] And he believed it.

[He ends up glad when they start to descend because there's the slight tension in Jae-ha's hands, like he wants to grip onto something. He doesn't actually hold any tighter onto Sanji, but it's the smallest tell of his agitation.]

He did terrible things, too.

... but maybe it all could've been avoided, if his freedom was never taken from him in the first place. If he wanted to do something else with what he's capable of.