This is answered with a moment's pause for thought before Elidibus gives his answer.

"Since it happened on my star while your counterpart was present, I would say your absence has changed little in this course of events," he finally says with a fair amount of confidence. "Rather, I feel it safe to say it was my absence which led to this outcome."

The Ascian offers it in a pragmatic way. It's not condemnation; it just is because of the nature of where he and the Warrior of Light stood regarding the fate of their star. Though with a short nod of his head, Elidibus allows. "Or should I say my counterpart, should you and the Crystal Exarch have sealed him in Syrcus Tower before you returned from the First."