[There could be any number of things that could have caused such grief, any number of actions he took during the raid, but it's still like a knife to the heart to hear that question. Still, he's made his choices, and he's prepared to live with the consequences. Even if that hurts someone he cares about, he has to do what is necessary.

So he gives her an answer.]

I had rejected the Kenoma, and the Regent's goals, because of my own misconceptions. The Regent simply corrected that, and returned me to the correct path.

It was a difficult process, [He can't deny that much, when she had seen the state he was in when he went to see her shortly after his release--] but it was a necessary one. I'm grateful to them.