"No," Ratchet says sharply, sounding angry for a moment before he gets his voice under control.
"Drift, no. You were used as a scapegoat. You knew about Overlord being on the ship, but that doesn't make what happened your fault. The whole crew was lied to to make them think it was entirely your idea so they'd hate you and everyone else would be off the hook. No one else was forced to give up everything they'd worked for. No one else was forced to leave their home. You shouldn't have had to go."
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"Drift, no. You were used as a scapegoat. You knew about Overlord being on the ship, but that doesn't make what happened your fault. The whole crew was lied to to make them think it was entirely your idea so they'd hate you and everyone else would be off the hook. No one else was forced to give up everything they'd worked for. No one else was forced to leave their home. You shouldn't have had to go."