[ He knows that. And even in the regards of people who do do things that they know are wrong, they do it for a reason. He had that discussion once not so long ago, but... ]

It doesn't matter anyway. They're not here. [ And that's the one positive thing to be taken about them -- except not really, since they still are elsewhere.

Red pauses for a moment himself, then shakes his head. Pikachu underneath him makes a noise, then decides to hop out of his lap. ] But not everyone who does bad things have an excuse for doing it. I can't believe that.