"And we let them," Anatoly said dully. "I... I thought I was doing the right thing, the best thing, but this is only showing me that I was just playing into their hands."

He had also seen that his view of himself as the innocent, blameless champion against Freddie's disgraceful villain was hardly accurate or fair. His actions had not all been perfect and he caused harm by not taking things into consideration. Freddie had his own pain, no matter how much he might have tried to hide it.

It had taken some time but as that song had said - it had took time to understand the man.