"In all fairness, I had more pressing concerns to get back to..." His gaze couldn't help but rise to that crystal statue that still stood within the room before them, as if he expected it to have moved or something. "...at the time, anyway."

He wouldn't elaborate further than that and soon dropped his attention back to Ales, it still ached somewhere deep inside, a feeling he'd never forget, from that loss that he'd now just have to endure. The entire month that he'd spent chasing Palitutu through worlds, becoming more and more desperate in the fact that he'd not need even a glimpse of Terra. Just like everything else, life went on regardless. Time didn't stop and they were running out of it.

"I daresay I've often wondered what the consequences of the next misstep might be. I dislike not knowing what pieces of this game are in play."