[Eleven stares at Hendrik, breathing hard as the truth unfolds in a wave. The village was sentenced to death as surely as he had been, but because of Hendrik..?

He hastily scrubs at his eyes and placing his marked hand in hers, allows Yotsuyu to help him to his feet. But it's Hendrik's shoulder that he steadies himself on]

Sorry. [Glancing down, he despairs for a moment that his pants are muddy after all, and struggles against feeling all of six years old again.

Eleven presses a hand to his chest and releases a slow breath]

..Thank you, Hendrik- truly. I- I've thought too little of you, if you defended their lives even when we were enemies. I would apologize for that.