[Liem frowns in the face of the bitterness and scorn with which John speaks about Meridian's goal — his goal, or at least it had been, when he'd first harmonized. What happened in the interim, to change his mind so firmly, and make him so convinced that he had been wrong?

Of course Liem doesn't have complete faith in Cyrus, or the other members of his faction. They must surely have their own secrets, their own motivations. Perhaps they aren't as confident as they claim when they say the worlds can all be brought back.

But his trust in Yima and her people is hardly any greater.]

I cannot bring back a lost world, any more than I could create a new one. That doesn't mean it isn't possible.

[Haven't they all died in a manner of speaking, just like their worlds, before being pulled here? Hasn't he seen with his own eyes the proof that those who have died can be returned to life? For all Liem's doubts about whether going back is the right thing to do, he will not be convinced that Meridian's goal is impossible. He speaks confidently about this, from his lifetimes of experience with the mysteries of the divine.]

Returning life to the dead is the domain of the gods, just as creating new life is. That is why we need the power of the Oracles.

[The Oracles are the key — to revive, or to create anew. Either way, the task for which they are needed is beyond that of any mortal being.]

And I will not forget the ones who raised me up so that I can simply claim that power for myself.