At least Hajime was willing to hear him out and not avoid the accusations. It caused him to soften a little bit. It made him realize he was talking to a child, or rather, young man.

He was out here trying to help, key words being: trying.

"This is the time when people would take you the most seriously," Connor explained on point, sounding more like a guy trying to offer advice and not someone so pissed off. "We all had made sacrifices and took chances, that is what happened as a result. You claim you were no leader, but at the very least, you were there with us. A war's aftermath is just as important, if not moreso than the war itself. The efforts it takes to bring people back from the ashes is a testament of the lengths you would go to for them. Rather, why you went to war in the first place."