You guys have every right to be mad at me. You guys might even hate me for what I did. And I'd honestly like to say I'm sorry. I wish what had happened between us hadn't. I wish it wasn't necessary. I wish that there'd been another way, some way where less people died. But I'd never wish away the time we spent together because it was the most fun I'd had in my life. I never faked any of it especially not my feelings for Yang. I want you all to know that I'd had you guys' best interests at heart the whole way through. The only reason you're all alive now is because of me, but I'm not asking for a thank-you, I'm asking for understanding. We were tired and exhausted of being the focus of discrimination for so long. All we wanted was to be equal. All we wanted was to not have to worry about the next police officer who might kill an unarmed child just because he had a tail. The next human to shoot up a historically Faunus church. The next Faunus to hang himself in prison because he'd been incarcerated without trial for a crime he didn't commit. That was our plan for the past century and for ninety-five years it felt like we were getting nowhere. We've made more advancements in the past five years than we did the rest of the century and it's only because we started using the same violence you'd used against us for centuries as a tool. I want you to understand that we're not bad people. We were just tired of getting pushed around. And I hope one day you might forgive me, because I honestly still see you all as my friends. My teammates.
-Blake Belladonna