"They were capitalizing on our fears. For all I know, what they showed me wasn't at all what it looked like in reality but rather how you imagine it looked to others."

But that's just a guess. The spirits as a whole are all capable of things he wouldn't have thought possible, and maybe they're able to access parts of Kuai's mind he isn't even aware of. That's just as likely, and maybe even more horrifying, he realizes with a grimace.

"I'm sure me telling you not to blame yourself doesn't help, but. It doesn't sound like you should. You weren't you, you had no control." And how deeply nightmarish that must be, knowing his flesh and blood was used for a massacre he had no way of stopping.