"... Maybe. But we..." They fought to try to leave behind apathy and despair, didn't they? In the Tower and at home... he'd struggled to keep hope alive. Isn't that what he'd promised to do? But here... he'd been shown just how futile it was. He had to keep others hoping, but that didn't mean the lesson stuck with him.

He had to keep the others moving. Whatever happened to him... this place was just going to make him start feeling worse and worse. "... They can push through it." As for him? He'd been trying to for years. Maybe he should just take on all of those things for other people, let them smile and be happy. He could deal with the unpleasant things.