[Come back, she says. To her; to Meridian. Believe again that all isn't lost, that there's a point to seeking the good in what was instead of forsaking it for a new start somewhere yet to come. Give up on that ephemeral future of a paradise world. After all, regardless of which sect is victorious, the people of Kenos will have homes to go to in the end; but what of the countless souls left behind in the worlds of old?

Liem wants to come back. He doesn't want to give up on the people of his world or hers, or Set's, or Gen's, or anyone else's. He wants to save them — he just doesn't know if they really can. He doesn't know how to believe anymore.]

Hayame…

[Her name sighs quietly from between pale, dry lips and silver teeth. Hanging from her grip like this, he is like a marionette with no one attending its strings.]

Do you still intend to die when you return home? If Meridian allows you to return. Is that still your goal?