I think the what we have to keep in mind is that by the time Ashmael finds out what really happened to Vaysh, it's years - decades - later, and he's come to terms with Vaysh's death. He's done his grieving, and he's moved on. And when he does finally encounter the re-incarnated Vaysh, in his mind, it's not really Vaysh, because the real Vaysh is dead, which is why he has no interest in picking up where they left off. It's too long ago, and there's been too much water under the bridge for him to go back to feeling how he did before. In fact, he's actively repulsed by what he sees as a simulacrum of the har he used to know.
Also, Thiede didn't actually kill Vaysh. Or Pell, for that matter. Granted, he almost certainly had some sort of foreknowledge of their deaths, and did nothing to avert them (because it suited his plans to have them die!), but that's not the same thing. What Thiede did was was ressurect Vaysh. If he hadn't, Vaysh would still be dead. Thiede gave him his life back, and attempted to make him into something more than he was before. The process didn't work properly (probably because Vaysh wasn't the right har - what Thiede really needed was the OMG-Speshul-Pellaz! ;-) and Vaysh was left with some damage - although more psychological than physical, but he's alive when might not have been, so it's not really surprising that Thiede doesn't think he has anything to apologise for.
So Ashmael knows that Thiede didn't kill Vaysh, and having been a professional soldier for many years, he understands all too well the concept of civilian casualties - even when he himself is one of those casualties. He's worked with Thiede for many years, builing the new Wraeththu civilisation, because he believes in Thiede's plans for the future. He knows its either that, or anarchy. The professional soldier in him knows that his own private tragedy is less imporant than the Big Picture.
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I think the what we have to keep in mind is that by the time Ashmael finds out what really happened to Vaysh, it's years - decades - later, and he's come to terms with Vaysh's death. He's done his grieving, and he's moved on. And when he does finally encounter the re-incarnated Vaysh, in his mind, it's not really Vaysh, because the real Vaysh is dead, which is why he has no interest in picking up where they left off. It's too long ago, and there's been too much water under the bridge for him to go back to feeling how he did before. In fact, he's actively repulsed by what he sees as a simulacrum of the har he used to know.
Also, Thiede didn't actually kill Vaysh. Or Pell, for that matter. Granted, he almost certainly had some sort of foreknowledge of their deaths, and did nothing to avert them (because it suited his plans to have them die!), but that's not the same thing. What Thiede did was was ressurect Vaysh. If he hadn't, Vaysh would still be dead. Thiede gave him his life back, and attempted to make him into something more than he was before. The process didn't work properly (probably because Vaysh wasn't the right har - what Thiede really needed was the OMG-Speshul-Pellaz! ;-) and Vaysh was left with some damage - although more psychological than physical, but he's alive when might not have been, so it's not really surprising that Thiede doesn't think he has anything to apologise for.
So Ashmael knows that Thiede didn't kill Vaysh, and having been a professional soldier for many years, he understands all too well the concept of civilian casualties - even when he himself is one of those casualties. He's worked with Thiede for many years, builing the new Wraeththu civilisation, because he believes in Thiede's plans for the future. He knows its either that, or anarchy. The professional soldier in him knows that his own private tragedy is less imporant than the Big Picture.