You should have said so earlier.

[ Ciel breathes out a sigh as he says it, but then shakes his head. ]

I doubt we would have been swayed by such an emotion, though... I can see why you would think that. But this is a game of survival. Even if we didn't think you a monster, you're dangerous. I do pity you. It is a tragic thing, to be held responsible for such deaths without knowledge, and I pity Ibuki and Tamaki for the same reasons. [ a pause, then he adds quietly, ] But I would not lay down my own life out of pity, you understand.