I wonder about that. I don't think... the majority of us believe that you're as cruel or harsh as we would need to in order for that to work.

[because, while fei du certainly can be logical and calculating, and while he'd certainly gotten people's hackles up near the end of the trial - she still struggles to think of him as cruel.

maybe it's because, to her, it had seemed so clear that he was trying to protect someone. (although - even the cruelest people can still have one or two people they want to protect. she knows that, too.)]

...I wish things had been different. It didn't... seem like she had wanted them to turn out like this. If anything is cruel, it's the circumstances.