I've only just recently begun to understand that humans can actually be that selfless. If you trust your friend in spite of his darker side then perhaps...

[He trails off, thinking of Hilda and how, even though her journey would eventually bring her to become Champion, that was never her ultimate goal. It was simply something that happened along the way.

She wasn't selfish like so many others.

Maybe... others weren't as selfish as N thought them to be.]