My name is Micaiah and I regret nothing.
Even though what ended up happening was horrible, it was reparable. The most important thing is that, at the time, I was certain that doing what I was told to do would help Daein. That was the most imperative. That's what Ike didn't understand.
He could never understand. As a mercenary—which is what he is, at heart, regardless of how powerful he becomes—he will never understand patriotism. Being loyal to one country has never been his plan. He would willingly let die an entire country in order to protect the rest of the world.
Even if that country were Crimea, I'm sure of it.
Sothe tries to tell me I'm crazy when I bring it up. He says that Ike just happens to have different loyalties than mine. I don't agree. Except for maybe the ten or so people that are officially in his company, I don't think he would be terribly loyal to anyone, unless protecting them had a chance of protecting the world.
Okay, so the more I think about this, the worse my side sounds. But trust me, it isn't a bad side. In fact, it's quite a good side, because at least I have loyalties. Ike on the other hand…
No, I shouldn't be justifying my behavior. I shouldn't have to. What I did was something that I thought was right at the time, to prevent Daein from dying. Taking innocent lives of Gallians, Crimeans, whatever… it wasn't ever what I was trying to do. But due to the fogging of my clairvoyance, I was not able to tell that I was doing so either.
And it's true that Ike has a right to fight those of us who go against his worldview. Perhaps he should know why. Perhaps if I told him why, he would have stopped trying to kill me. To him, what I was doing must have seemed just as wrong as what he does seems to me.
It was dangerous. Yes. I know this. It was risky. Yes. I know this also. Ike believes that he's so great and strong and that I'm as weak as all get out. And you know what, maybe he's right. But if so, I don't care.
Daein is what always did and always will matter to me.
My name is Micaiah and I admit to being wrong. I do regret several things. I regret not telling Ike. I regret causing something that I potentially could have avoided. I regret not reading the very existence of fogginess as an omen.
I regret following the blood pact instead of telling Ike what was happening so he could help us end it.
But I do not, and will not, ever regret having the patriotism to protect Daein, whether it was right or wrong.