User blog comment:D2r/Was Veil ultimately Redeemed?/@comment-1399757-20111231155103/@comment-1479469-20120715202111

I note further that there's nothing in the text to support the idea that Veil suddenly felt repentance for his past misdeeds. He just wanted to protect Bryony - but a good deed, or even a good impulse, cannot wipe away past sins on its own. It needs to be accompanied by a change of heart Veil did not have - and which he, in my opinion, was constiutionally-incapable of having.