"You don't have to blame yourself for all this…"
"Sigh, I am not good at consoling others either, so I can only say that you should look at the bigger picture and keep in mind that if you remain depressed in this situation, it would affect the nation too…"
"The leader of a nation cannot show weakness; otherwise, the nation will also feel weakened and demotivated…"
"But of course, no one expects you to be 'perfect,' as nobody in the universe is 'perfect'…"
Rio grew up with barely any friends and had no family in either life; Lia was the only person that he had ever been close with on a personal level, and thus Rio has never had much experience consoling others or motivating them.
At most Rio could only give a few words of consolation to Ashtel and didn't know what to say at all.
All he could do was ask Ashtel not to blame himself too much for the incident.
