Each who passes the Veil must decide this for themselves. Each must seek for something worth fighting for, or living for, as men in any world shall.

[How in the world to approach this. He figures it's time to make a slight admission, at least. His expression turns thoughtful.] Fifteen hundred years ago, I was faced with the same choice, and it was you who offered me a place in this world. Who taught me to navigate and understand it, to better it while I could.

It seems events have come full circle. Perhaps I finally have a chance to repay that debt.