[It takes him a very, very long time to answer that.]

Because victims of circumstance tend to make terrible decisions. It doesn't mean they aren't capable of doing good, if someone shows them a better way.

[He's not referring to himself, of course. Skulduggery has very little patience for digging men out of their own dug graves, and he'll be the first to admit it. Wreath has been a bit of an exception in recent weeks.]