"A hunch." That was enough to explain it, really. He put a great amount of stock in hunches and feelings. They were usually the most immediate and accurate reactions, he'd found. Never mind how the Gelaming felt about it. Feeling could be power as much as the cold logic they tried to cling to.

"I suppose you're right. Most of us are. Is that a problem?" He couldn't see how, but well. People would find anything to be upset about.

He sighed, though, at old and painful memories. Terzian, Forever, hearing words that he'd always known in his heart but had hoped beyond hope weren't true regardless.

"Pain is part of living. I may have had more than I'd wished for, but without it how am I to know I'm still alive?"