You asked for my perspective. [If zaShunina were human, he might argue that Akira could do more good by trying to make amends than by wallowing in his misery alone in a cell. But zaShunina is not human.]

If you are concerned about losing control of your power again, Kado would be a more secure alternative to the Lightless. [Even if he can't remember the offer he'd made before his memory loss, he still presents it again.]