No kidding. [ A small shake of his head. ] Especially when there was still so much left to be documented whatsoever...

[ His awe over it all isn't decreasing whatsoever. ]

I'm just glad everything turned out. And-- [ should he be saying this? It sounds selfish, but ] --I'm glad you weren't affected, too.

[ What would he have done, if he'd come back and Mikleo had been sick, or dying?

Or just... gone?

The thought gives him a cold chill, jostling his shoulders faintly with a shiver. But he'll shake that off and keep right on reading. ]