"This isn't something I'm going to lie about." It also is taking the wind out of Zelgadis's sails. Rezo is a lot easier to hate when Zelgadis doesn't have to remember that he was also the grandfather who raised him and given Shabranigdu's influence, Zelgadis can't figure out how much was genuinely part of who Rezo is as a person and how much was external influence from having to live with that.

He can still find the man irritating as all hell, and self-centered, and dangerous. "It was probably easier to blame me, and Lina and Gourry, than admit to herself that your death was entirely caused by you and Shabranigdu, and we were just the ones on hand to clean up your mess."