I don't...I can't...it is somewhat difficult to be the bigger person in this matter when I lost everything to people like them.

[He looks away, pained, then back.]

If I do this it is only for myself now. My Brides want nothing to do with me. Aleera is only letting me dangle. And what is the point of risking the true death only for myself? I won't be around to enjoy being purified. I'll just be dust.

And the Hunters will celebrate.