I was friends with her and I trusted that she would handle it well if she wasn't interested. And turns out she indeed wasn't interested, but we did talk about it and decided to just stay friends. It was a little awkward as my feelings for her still lingered a bit, but eventually that passed and I'm now with a wonderful girl who I think is a much better match for me.
We're still friends to this day.
Yes this totally all makes a genocide completely reasonable and acceptable. Genociding the local population, that's true justice innit?