[And that's a response that has Emet-Selch pause himself, and when he continues, his tone is less idle, a trace more sincere. Which mostly means that it sounds more tired.]

In that way, I would say we've had something of a similar experience with our time on this star- brought on, perhaps, by the taking of a Bond. A sole dedication, but one irrelevant here. What does one even do with the time, now that it's suddenly freed from a life otherwise consumed...?

Though for that all that those thoughts might be forgotten in the end... there is value, I believe, in their contemplation.