[ He thinks about it a bit more, like he's hesitating even though he did offer, but an eye for an eye. He thinks about Ylfa's text and shakes his head. ]

I lost my rights to anything like humanity a long while ago. And the way I hear it, I'm really dead out there -- gone. I'm still gonna try with this damn place, but I just.

[ It eats away at him, like a insect eats a leaf, around the edges and little by little. He shrugs, a little helpless. Well, that's his secret. ]