I have some ideas along those lines. I sympathize with his situation, and agree with his alleged motives, if not his means. It was the same with Darkel, although by the end I think she'd forgotten what her original motives even were. I wonder if the same thing happened to Ardent. In his zealousness he forgot that for a true patriot the lives of his people should be the most important thing.

[He pauses, takes another sip, and changes the subject (a little).]

I've decided that humans are a tolerable race. [He says this solemnly. It only took six months of sleeping with one to come to this conclusion and be able to admit it to himself. Baby steps.]