[ Five was waiting for that tone. Wrath knows better than anyone, and it's painful to think how close he was to throwing his life away on an illusion. (Everything's painful. Everything hurts.) If it meant bringing Ben back, he would have sacrificed himself and any one of them. In that moment he wanted to, and Wrath knew. Emilia probably did too. Before that... a curse he's trained himself for years to ignore was less important than the gates of Hell opening, but he should have given more weight to the consequences. He's been at this point before. Even now it’s pulsing inside him, and he isn’t confident that he can stay grounded if he's tested again. ]

There wasn't time, and he wouldn't agree to all of my conditions. [ Which seem less important now. He wanted to be in control of something he obviously isn't. ]

An oversight. I can at least get a temporary fix until we're somewhere stable. [ He nearly asks if he'd still supervise, but something about the word bothers him too much to repeat. ] I know... I need your help. I thought I'd... built up a tolerance, but clearly I overestimated.