[Maybe, he idly wondered, the planet wasn't utterly empty. Insomnia was dead, there was no arguing that. But he'd never really left the Citadel, so there was no way of knowing if every last outpost had fallen as well. Maybe they had. Maybe he wasn't sure if he cared.]

The light you're talking about...it went out a very long time ago. The only thing that brought back so much as a spark was this place and some inconvenient memory loss. [His hand dropped from Church's arm in favor of being brought hesitantly around his shoulders.] He doesn't exist anymore. I'm not-...he isn't...