"As the ruler, I knew nothing of any of this."
"To some extent, it was even because of me that everyone in this city became tainted with sin."
"It was my weakness and incompetence that nurtured these sins."
"All this time, we believed the Monoliths could protect us, and varanium could suppress the Gastrea."
"And so we rested easy, driving those Cursed Children into the outer districts without a shred of guilt, making them live in sewers and ruins."
"We treated them as tools, as expendables, as garbage we could discard at any time."
"Meanwhile, we hid behind towering walls with clear consciences, enjoying the security those Cursed Children brought us."
"We even took pleasure in discriminating against them, persecuting them, and abusing them."
"But it was precisely because of this."
"Our arrogance brought down God's wrath."
Seitenshi's voice echoed across the empty square, reaching every corner over the airwaves.
"God is watching."
"Watching what we do in the gutters."
"Watching how we persecute the children he cherishes."
"And so now, it is our turn to atone."
"Just as in the story of Sodom and Gomorrah in Genesis."
"Because the cities' sins were so grievous that their outcry reached heaven, God rained down sulfur and fire, destroying those cities and the entire plain, all their inhabitants, and everything that grew upon the ground."
"Now."
"God has descended in person to settle this account."
"Just as the divine oracle said-"
"From this moment forth."
"All who have persecuted, despised, or disregarded the children under my care-"
"Are sinners."
"Sinners shall die in the jaws of monsters."
"Only the light of purity may retain a place in the coming judgment."
"It was our sins that brought down God's wrath."
"We are all sinners, and we ought to face our judgment at dawn."