"It is a question I've long considered." One that he's toiled with and not come to a definitive conclusion. "I believe..." He folds his arms and casts a glance at the false sky overhead.

"...that I lost people that were dear to me. My world was taken long before darkness swallowed all else. While it is true I want nothing more than to return to them, I know that it is something that is accomplished because someone wants it." Not while he had fought so hard to return the world he loved.

"I will not dismiss what the Meridian has to say - as you have observed before it is much more beneficial to have information from both sides - but I've only seen results from Zenith. And I am far beyond the honeyed words of others."