Jo, Rover, Li

"N-no," Cyd corrects, "Falca didn't tell me to assassinate Gorgias... he only told me I had to kill someone... But my father's told me all my life about how eight generations ago the Gorgias family wronged our family, and how it was my duty as a Perio to avenge the slight... It seemed like the..."

His voice cracks.

"The logical choice! Oh, please forgive me! I'm sorry! It was such a stupid idea!"