The look on Jack's face turns very sympathetic, all of a sudden. He's heard this story before. Okay, not the specifics, ShinRa, mako, that's new. But the basics? A corporation taking over too much control over a planet? The people ending up having little choice but to play along? And then people like Genesis pay the price for experimental tech.

And yet. "You sound like you regret the path that your planet has taken, maybe not your own personal role in it? I mean, it's good, but most people in your position would feel more guilty, even though, like I said, you aren't complicit, it's not really your fault?"

Jack isn't quite sure if he's explaining himself well, but he wants to hear Genesis' reaction. Finds himself suddenly more interested in the man's personal opinion, than the story of his Planet.