"I think you're right. Still, it's hard to not blame myself for it. I don't know why I froze up. I could have at least tried something, but I didn't. I just turned and ran." Devotion said. He had been tried to reason with his guilt for a while now, but it was still hard.
"You need time to process, Devotion. Don't spend all that time wallowing in self-pity in the past, though. Focus on what we're doing. Improvement. Focus on cultivating, so we can reach the peak, just like we swore we would. When we're strong enough, we'll force our way back to that Secret Realm and kick the hydra's ass. It'll wish we just blinded it like Guff did." Victor resolved, his eyes burning with fiery ambition.