...I know. But they all enter voluntarily, don't they? If we're all aware of the risks, then we have our own reasons for fighting.

[His voice is soft, lacking inflection, but there's a surge of emotion as he stands up to give himself some space.]

You don't get it. What happened that night could have been avoided, it shouldn't have happened. But it did. And then we ended up here, where things are safer and where we don't have to live in fear. I won't waste this chance, even if I have to be the enemy, even if Weiss ends up hating me and Pyrrha doesn't like it. We're finally together. Someone has to make sure it stays that way.