[ Yuri can only agree with his first comment, offering a soft hum in response. People can be monstrous. It's a reality he's known, accepted, and at times exemplified since he was young. He may not forgive himself for it, but it doesn't change what he's done.

Always for survival, sure, but even so. ]

I'd say the choice wasn't a choice at all.

[ Cavalierly, as he did attempt to join Zenith for subterfuge and failed, something he's long since reconciled with. ]

Can't quite buy into my world just vanishing into thin air, and even if it did, I can't abandon my people to build some newer, better world. But then, I've spent my life wanting to make it better for them. There's the trouble, you see.

[ Ultimately, his heart lies with his people. It'd take a hell of a lot of convincing to make him believe all that remains of his world are the people here. ]