[ He is silent for a while. Yes, it was terribly lonely indeed. But if he gives voice to that, he feels his anger and bitterness might spill over again. How could both of them leave him the way they did? Hadn't they promised to return to the star together...? ]

I could have restored him, if we had been successful with the Rejoinings, [ he mutters. ] But I suppose his soul has finally been released now. He will be waiting for me in the aetherial sea when I return.