What do you mean? [Knives seems genuinely confused by these questions.] You were there. You witnessed my designs to wipe out the rest of the cities. You fought the remaining members of the Gung Ho Guns on the ground. Earth's forces appeared with one of our sisters serving as a pilot. Then... everything that happened after.

[He had tried to insist he was still convinced of his path, but it had all been a ploy to get Vash to end his life, to stop the guilt that had been festering inside of him.

Instead, they had flown away together and a human had been willing to help Vash.]

I knew you were worn out and hurt, but that human said you were going to recover. Did he lie to me?