Exactly, and he still needed followers. Taking them away would've only accelerated the situation. His hellionization wasn't instantaneous. It was a slow agony, if anything, and it probably took so long because of Maotelus' strength of will. That's... what I believe, anyway.

[For real, his uncle was so fucked up.]

That's right. They were best friends, from what I gathered. [And there was a promise... but he doesn't want to think about the man they'd met and his inescapable fate right now.] The dark era that they lived through must have been so difficult.

Sometimes you can help just by listening. You're pretty good at that.

[A part of Mikleo firmly believes that given enough time, Jun could learn to be a therapist like Sorey, but it might be an uphill road to get there.]