Were it not for this voice, speaking so clearly in my conscience and my heart, I should be an atheist, or a pantheist, or a polytheist when I looked into the world.
Children aren't born knowing how to say " I'm sorry" ; rather, they learn over time that such statements appease parents and friends and their own consciences.
He wanted to give the players a chance to walk away from it all knowing the stakes and if they came back then that would ease his conscience slightly as the choice was now completely theirs.