>>74556452
Honestly he sounds insecure in his abilities, if that stopped him. In this situation the obvious thing to do is just to continue and make sure the story beats are believable. It may be stupid to frame it like "they were good all along" but it's not that hard to paint a race as "no, they're not good, but they're doing what they think they must, and so are you. That's how all believable war is, fuckers."