But it was a sign. It was showin' we weren't goin' to take it lyin' down, that we would fight back if we could. That's still important.

[He regrets a lot about what happened wit the Obelisk. He regrets that it didn't make a bigger dent, that it set those spirits loose on people who didn't deserve it, that Gregory 2 wasn't salvageable. But he still considers it a net gain because he has to. He needs it.]

And it got us these, didn't it?

[He holds up his left hand, where the circuit ring marking glows bright against his skin.]