[Empathy is kind of Steven's thing and he isn't here to judge a stranger for doing what he thought was saving lives. It doesn't seem like Poe had bad intentions and that's the most important thing. He wasn't making a choice like Harrow who tried to judge the entire damn world, innocents and all caught up in the process.]

Retrospect is always sweeter, innit? [His smile softens and then he's nodding in agreement.] Your intentions were good and you couldn't have known how things would eventually be. You took a risk.

[Sometimes those are needed.

The last comment pulls a laugh out of Steven though who leans forward against the desk, leaning his face into one hand as he sighs out heavily.]

Or we're intelligent people who have learned to embrace ourselves as we are, flaws and all. We can note the bad of our decisions while also still defending them.