"Let them assume whatever they want, the higher they let their hopes up about something unreal, the harder they will fall," Cane said that lightly, as if this was not something that should bother Iris.
However, it only confused her further. "Don't you care about your people? I mean… they will be really upset and sad when they finally learn the truth. Shouldn't you give them some warning?"
"Iris, just like what I said before, I can't save all people's lives, much less their hearts. If you try to placate all the people around you, you will only put yourself through misery. You will only suffer, but for what? To please them? That's the most ridiculous kind of torture you put yourself through."
