"Well, he was also an idiot, so that does make sense. But it sounds terribly futile, if it really would all amount to nothing. If it were me looking at a situation like that..."

Waver shrugged, rubbing the back of his neck uneasily.

"...It's selfish, but I think I would want to know whether things could have been different. If a better outcome was ever going to be possible, or if the whole ordeal was doomed to burn to the ground from the start. So I can see what he was probably thinking--a mad endeavor to help everyone, even if it ultimately helped no one but myself."