"And you loved her, though you scarcely understood the concept. You would have torn the world apart with your love to keep her alive, and again with your anger when she died. Only Justice held more power, and we were so few then. We could not have held you back."

He toys with the spilled cards across the table.

"So we took what we believed to be the only path. We bound your emotions, locked them away. Justice agreed to the same bindings, and wears them still. He agreed that the two of you were too powerful to allow emotion to sway you from your duties. In light of what had just happened, it seemed reasonable."