What? David looks at him in confusion. What's with the tears? he doesn't understand. Worse, he wants to reach out, to embrace his lover, but he can't risk it.

"That's not what I meant. I don't think you're flawless, Balthier. You're a lot of things, but no one is perfect. And there's nothing wrong with corwardice. There are far more people in the worlds who are cowards than aren't. Don't even go there."

Dammit, why would he ever believe that? How does David fix this?

"I've done bad things too, Balthier. Plenty of them. But that doesn't mean we're bad people. What we are as a person comes down to our heart, and a decision to be the best we can."