Ramza shrugged. "I do not know if we would be 'equals'. I left, and was branded a traitor when I did so." He did not have any particular regrets about doing so. It had been the right choice. But he did not want to give Ace the wrong impression about him and his experience.

"I was...asked to follow orders that were clearly wrong, and to turn a blind eye when innocents suffered for the nobility's gain. I would not have joined the force here if I thought it would be the same."