[It's interesting to Liem to hear that sentiment coming from someone who has dedicated himself so willingly to the idea of ending Creation and moving on to something new. But perhaps there are things that even someone like Paul isn't willing to leave behind. Maybe the woman he loved, the woman who bore his child, is such a person. Or maybe what tethers him to the past is something else entirely.]

I tried to avoid doing that as much as possible in Horos, I think because on some level I felt like I had to.

[Trying not to let himself dwell on what he'd left behind had been all he could do to keep himself together. He remembers feeling like if he stopped moving for even an instant, he'd just fall apart completely.]

But it didn't bring me any peace. I couldn't really grieve that way. So holding remembrance like this… It's still important.