"An ending...?" Then what they'd said, the things about destroying the world...! He shook his head in disbelief, his chest feeling tight all of a sudden. Dimly he heard the words of the others around him (poor Bulma, he was so completely oblivious to her admiring stares), but all of his attention was completely fixed on Robin.

"No... You can't mean that!" He reached out to seize her shoulders, searching her face desperately for some sign to prove him wrong. "As long as there's a cycle, we have a chance to fix things, to do it right! We have to keep trying, no matter how long it takes! Even if we fall...even if the people we love are lost to us...we can't give up. I won't let you lose hope, Robin! We need you... I need you. If it all ends, then we truly will have nothing left!"