As dedicated as he is to his own creed, his own methods, he will always respect righteous conviction. Kahl's glare meets an expression that's pensive, weary, tender.

"I've paid for peoples' freedom in blood before." It wasn't vengeance that drove him, but how much does that change? Lives were changed, and lives were ended. "I wish I didn't have to, but that doesn't mean I'd take it back."

He falls silent, for a moment, as he tries to gather his thoughts into something productive. He cannot, in his heart of hearts, approve of what happened. But if Kahl has to compromise, has to evolve, then so does he.

"There are things that you've done that are holding you back. That I think you need to confront before you leave. But I don't know that this would be one of them."