I don't- [oh god, that's so much worry in their bond. He didn't mean to cause that! Of course he did, though. Because that's all a lot to be very worried about. Hence the outrigh running away...]

I didn't... want him to focus anger on anybody else. He needed to be stopped, no matter what, I promise... and the people who did that are my friends. If they show up here, I gotta look out for them. I owe them that.

[Soren really convinced himself this is his responsibility, long before leaving. Thinking on it all that time only allowed him to convince himself of that as a fact]

If he's mad at anybody, it should be me. He's my father.