Aumerle doesn't seek absolution.
"For I have lost my all." - Aeschylus, 'Myrmidones'
William Gibson has a past, but Cornelius Hickey has a future.
Before Galen's message made it to Saw Gerrera, he had to find someone to take it. He saw Bodhi as a relatively easy mark. It might have been easier for them both if it had stayed that simple.
Dreams and desires share a common origin; both take root in Columbus too readily.