The Ballad of Adler Young, Canto 2.5

>Adler: Your fury gives way to sorrow. You collapse in a heap and inelegantly begin blubbering out everything you've been bottling up for the last few, uh, your entire life.
>Ixies: Embrace your grandfather and curse the disloyalty of your predecessors. Unlike them, you won't immediately switch sides for a thimble of sugar.
>Bonsai: Step forward and demand to speak with Adler. You had expected to find a maniacal despot bent on world destruction, but instead you find a harmless, emotionally unstable fool. Have him tell you everything that has transpired, the full story.
>Shrubs: After hearing Adler's tale, including all of the parts that make him look like a gullible moron, realize that he has always just been a mere pawn in the machinations of people he could never hope to compete with. Adler is just a hapless fool and, as such, deserves the end of one. He does not deserve the honor that being destroyed by his betters would bring. In disgust, leave him where he is, trapped forever in a dead city. His fate is in Fuma's hands now. You have bigger fish to fry: Vulpitania, the Sisterhood, Felf, what's left of the Duchess. There's going to be a whole lot less treachery in the world when your crusade is over.
>Ixies: Give Adler a pep talk. It's a bitter mercy, but a mercy nonetheless. There is one silver lining to this very dark cloud, now that Adler has nothing left to lose, no one has any strings or leverage to manipulate him with anymore.
>Adler: Receive a tender, reassuring kiss on the forehead from Angela. The effect is somewhat spoiled by the fact she uses a bit too much tongue...