[ It is a kindness. He can recognize that, sitting beside each other and looking only at the fire, with Qrow's voice careful and low. ]

It's good advice. [ He exhales a long breath, and looks at Qrow again, his expression gone wry and tired. ] But it's right there in the story: once you've been a god, it ruins you for trying to be a man. Even though he tried to pick one and not the other... he couldn't pull it off.