[He believes that. He honestly does. Because isn't that what he's supposed to be doing here, believing in people? Even when it's hard. He wonders if he would've trusted Zane to keep his hands to himself after someone struck him, remembers what everybody said to him after the first time, years ago in the infirmary bed, that it hurts other people when he lets this happen.]
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[There's a twinge of guilt there, but not much.]
It was Pietro.