[ roy pauses, for a moment, clearly weighing out something in his head, whether or not he wants to say what he's thinking . . . and, in the end, he decides to do so, albeit a little more censored than he'd typically be. ]

I don't think anyone in their right mind wants what happened to Akvos to be repeated, but I also don't want to blame the Circle for something that might have been outside of our control.

[ he shrugs. ]

I don't know whether or not we were to blame, but we can at least mitigate our damages until we get to the next world. It's the least we could do, to be more prepared.