Right. But you must, at least a little, because you have to believe something exists to want to destroy it.

But I don't do a lot of philosophizing, either. [A brazen statement for someone of her nature - but ultimately true. It isn't as if Caren has often thought herself destined for a deeper meaning.] I understand your point.

[That might even be another way in which Silco and the otter are not dissimilar - at the very least, Mr. Tibbs had seemed resistant to the hopes of all Shard-Bearers, regardless of their actual wants or aspirations. It was enough simply that they wanted to achieve something that drew so much of his ire, as as hope is if anything the last remnant that survives when everything else is dead.]

I must discard my selfish wishes for what's to become of him and think of what is better for all.