At first he didn't answer. He just stared out over the frozen landscape in silence. Finally he did respond. "I didn't think she was," he answered, gaze fixing to the ground. "But I bet she's disappointed."

He'd finally, accidentally, showed her a glimpse of what he had actually become. How could she not be?

Your mother would be so disappointed with how you've repaid her sacrifice, Laharl.

The voice echoed from his memories, causing his features to flinch; his eyes suddenly squeezing shut, as if in pain. He didn't want to remember them; he didn't want to believe them, but they kept repeating in his mind.