Perspective is another matter. Perspective changes everything. It makes all the difference. It can turn good to evil or right to wrong. The whole world changes from one mind to another.

[He glances away, thoughtful.]

There are some things it cannot change. Some had their lives taken from them, or their destinies altered. If they were wronged or treated cruelly, they are not to blame.

If they see their lives as brief and brutal because of this, it is not "up to them". Perspective can only go so far.