"And have you considered what drove she and her brother to do such things?", he said. "I do not ask because I expect any answer would excuse them, merely to make the situation clear. After all, if this 'Easter' is as evil as you claim, I doubt that they would have hesitated to harm their allies any more than they would their enemies." Knowing Utau's age, he highly doubted that she was an entirely wiling participant in such things, and he equally doubted that the younger girl had ever considered such things.