"And I'm making the choices that I am." Ryco kneels down to meet Gongar's height "I throw myself on her fires because she's been fighting them alone for far too long. I want her to know that someone actually, truly, cares about her and not just using her to further their gain, stature, or fame; selfless love is what she deserves. I'm not ignorant to the facts of what she's done, I'm also not ignorant to the fact that her own father killed her newborn child; a fact that the lot of you seem to just throw aside, labeling it as 'treated poorly'. She just as much as a victim than this town; she's been kicked and spit on but the second she stands up for herself, now she's a monster. If anyone took the time—a minute, at most—to just stop and ask her how she is doing and offer a shoulder for support, we wouldn't be having this conversation, I wouldn't need to throw myself on her fires. Instead they ignored her; treating her as a piece of pretty art work hanging in a galleria instead of a person."
Ryco stands "I'm not arguing against her receiving consequences, never once have I; I argue against her receiving them alone, that is all. I had nothing to do with her choices prior but you, my friend, can't seem to see that without me, she wouldn't have got the choice to surrender. You all would of struck her down without thought, because she was nothing but a 'monster' so how about you take that into account before you try and lecture me." He makes a shooing motion with his hand "Now if you don't mind, I have a cold bath that needs reheating and ten tankards that need refilling."