A part of me feels like I've spent so much of my life pretending.

[ He admits that with a sad little smile. ]

But someone has to help carry the weight and it may as well be me.

[ Even if this all ends, even if this doesn't last... giving them something to reach for, to hope, to laugh - it's worth doing. And it always will be. ]

Maybe we can help them clean up... after all, we are guests, aren't we?