[The intensity behind that response is a little startling, but Regis is hardly surprised by the answer. He's also not surprised that Nyx doesn't want to talk about it--that much is obvious from his silence and then his deflection--but it's the not talking about it that gets so many people into trouble. Mental or physical, pain does things to people's minds and the more the person keeps quiet about it, the worst it gets.

Once Nyx turns away and his posture slumps, Regis moves closer, letting his hand once more settle onto his Glaive's back, lightly massaging tense muscles. Before he speaks, he nods in acknowledgment of the statement made about Libertus.]

For me, it was the second. I could never understand how they expected me to make the right choices for my people and my country while my mind was muddled by painkillers. It's not as if I could take days off and wait it out. The pain was too constant. I hardly would have been ruling if I had.