[Reaper had experienced a little of Varian's perspective, but it was mostly around the regrets that the younger man had. He had not searched for specifics, aware that Varian had personal demons to contend with. However, Reaper did had more open-door policy when talking about the dark side of regrets and darker people. He wasn't one to judge that much, and even if he didn't that didn't stop him from offering advice anyway.

So the situation here was one that he didn't know any more than what Rapunzel was telling him, but he could piece together some of it.]

So you definitely don't follow the 'eye-for-an-eye' mentality. Suffering to repay suffering. That makes you a better person than most, but it also doesn't seem to solve your problem either. [And he had the impression that said problem wasn't actually here in Trench either. So anything he could offer was just hypothetical anyway, as he expected the issue resolved while they remained here.]

What's her end game?