[Of course, he doesn't fight when she pushes herself away from him. It's a real struggle to not try to dry her tears, though. Seeing someone hurt so deeply rubs him raw, too - that empathy is one of his greatest strengths and one of his biggest weaknesses.]

Ion... was just afraid. Everyone in Van's group planned to replace the world with replicas anyway, so they might not have thought to. But you're right. Regardless of the why, we still did it. It was wrong.